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 ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - To increase the number of U.S Army Farsi and Pashtu linguists operating in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Accessions Command now works directly with Persian communities at a grassroots ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...