When Alexander the Great visited the tomb of Cyrus of Persia, he found it ransacked and ordered that the tomb be restored.

Before Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great, there was Cyrus the Great. The king of the Persian Empire inspired several leaders for centuries to come, including Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. But ...

Israel's Central Bank Governor Amir Yaron speaks to Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz about the economic uncertainties from the ...

Billy Ray Cyrus has revealed how his romance with Elizabeth Hurley happened. The couple revealed their relationship when the country crooner, 63, and the Austin Powers actress, 59 shared a photo of ...

The pair, who raised eyebrows after growing very close on the second series of the reality programme, appeared on Monday's episode of the ITV show to chat to Ben Shephard , 50, and Cat Deeley , 48 ...

The syncretism of its pantheon, and the lineage of its kings, which can be traced back through two sets of legends, Greek and Persian, is evidence of the ... built by the late Hellenistic King ...

According to Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, during the epic Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), a small band of men broke into the enemy camp and reached the tent of the Persian King, Xerxes. Xerxes ...

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During a visit to the New York Jewish Theological Seminary, Harry Truman famously stated, “I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus.” As the Persian king, Cyrus helped the Jewish people return to the land of Israel ...

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