Herodotus wrote of a 50,000-man strong army that set out on foot into the Egyptian desert in 525 B.C. and was never heard from again ... until today. A pair of Italian archaeologists have uncovered ...

In 480 BC at Thermopylae, a small Greek coalition, which included 300 Spartans, fought against an invading Persian army. Spoiler alert: The Spartans lost. But the valor shown in temporarily holding ...

IF looks could kill, the Spartan warriors who spend most of “300” flexing their six-pack abs at the invading Persian army surely would have won the battle of Thermopylae. In defense of Greece, the 300 ...

A vastly outnumbered Greek force faces off against the invading Persian army in a fight to the death that still resonates today. There are few more captivating tropes in storytelling than the doomed ...

A quick search of the internet can reveal many complex puzzles that are yet to be solved. The Lost Army of Cambyses was a Persian army consisting of 50,000 men who are alleged to have vanished into ...

The Thermopylae, the "hot gates" or also "gates of fire," is a mountain pass at the foot of Mount Kallidromo in modern Greece where legend tells that King Leonidas and 300 of his Spartan warriors ...

"300" was released in US theaters on March 9, 2007. The action film starred Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, and Dominic West. Since its release, the cast has gone on to star in other notable ...

At the start of the fifth century B.C., the Persian empire was the world's paramount power, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to North Africa to the Indian subcontinent. But the Persian emperor, ...

During the 5th century BC, before the rise of Rome, there was another great superpower: Persia. Its rulers called themselves King of Kings and wore purpleedged tunics, gold belts and daggers in ...

Staten Island, NY, December 3rd, 2004 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Koios Works (www.koiosworks.com) are proud to announce that Mr. Irving Schwartz has won his very own Persian army ...