Tag: Persia
World Mythology Warnings for TODAY #1: The Devil Tyrant of Iran
Welcome, dear readers, to the very first installment of our article series World Mythology Warnings for TODAY. This is I, your humble guide Zeffs Amman, alongside the writers’ crew at AllThatHistory, for…
Lost Site of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah Found Using Spy Satellites
Islam was a religion which owed its rapid success to conquest. From 622 AD and led by Muhammed himself, Muslim armies swept across the Middle East and unified Arabia into a single…
Police in Iran Confiscate Ancient Golden Masks
Police in Iran have broken up a gang of antiquities smugglers and recovered priceless artifacts from the time of Jesus. The treasures, which would have been disappeared into private collections, include two…
The Baghdad Battery: History Rewritten or History Misunderstood?
For those who search for the strange and unusual from history there are certain things which prove interesting time and again. Unexplained phenomena, disappearances and unsolved murders, these always appeal, and it…