TEHRAN - Recent rains have created a relatively large hole below Xerxes I's rock-cut tomb, leading to a longitudinal crack across the Naqsh-e Rostam site. Evidence suggests erosion and water ...

The secret tomb of an ancient Egyptian general who ran an ... that was also known as the Achaemenid Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 B.C. and was its largest under Xerxes I who added ...

TEHRAN - The rock-cut tomb of Xerxes I (l. 519-465, r. 486-465 BC), also known as Xerxes the Great, is under threat from land subsidence triggered by the climate change which is likely to speed decay, ...

Meet Xerxes in this latest Civilization 7 trailer and learn about this leader's attributes from the upcoming strategy game. ... 'Expedition Unknown' help excavate over 2,000-year-old tomb in Petra.

TEHRAN, Sept. 12 (MNA) -- Vibrations caused by passing trains are likely to broaden existing cracks in the tomb of Xerxes I and result in its collapse if a nearby railway route becomes operational, ...

Two and a half millennia later, Jew-haters threaten a shrine and tomb dedicated to Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, Iran, and there sadly is no Xerxes to protect Jewish memory.

Naqsh-i Rustam, tomb of Xerxes. Detail of throne-bearers, overlaps No.347 at right ...

Inside All About History 125: Learn how Xerxes I overcame rebels and plots to claim his throne and dominate West Asia.