The Yarshater Lectures in Persian Art at SOAS are a series of academic lectures dedicated to Iranian art and culture and are intended for publication. The lectures and publications carry the name of ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III. Here, ...

Dating to the late Roman period, a stunning, figurative mosaic, found buried under just 50cm of soil and featuring the rare ...

If you're thinking about bringing a Persian cat into your house, you're in the right place. This is our complete guide on everything you need to know about Persian cats, and if they are the right fit ...

A show by the artist Isabelle Brourman, who sketched the trials of Donald J. Trump, attracted figures from the art world, the media and some lawyers from his civil fraud trial. The historic ranch ...

Everybody has Moved’, hosted in his own eclectic home, examines generations of displacement – influenced by politics, ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...

The real soul of the residence is animated by the homeowners’ wide-ranging collection of paintings and local ceramic ...

Cecilia Sala, the intrepid Italian journalist who boarded a flight to Tehran with all the enthusiasm of Alice stepping into her Persian Wonderland, is now seeing the Iranian rabbit hole for what ...

The extraordinary Alexander Mosaic, a prized artifact rescued from the ruins of Pompeii, has an origin story that is almost as interesting as the story of the legendary man it portrays.