At the National Museum of Iran, I stood face to face with power — and silence. A Hellenistic torso without a head.

Here is a documentary about one of the greatest rulers and conquerors of history. This documentary is based on inscriptions by "Xerxes The Great" echoing over 25 centuries to reach us. "Darius

Here is the official trailer for the documentary film about one of the greatest rulers of history. This documentary to be released worldwide on the 20th of March 2014 is based on inscriptions by "Xerxes

Griffin-lion relief in glazed brickwork, Achaemenid Period, Ancient Persia, 530-330 BC. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris.

The Achaemenid Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/ c. 550–330 BC), also called the First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia, founded by Cyrus the Great. Ranging at its greatest extent from the Balkans

Darius I, the son of Vriestasp, was called Darius the Great, the third king of Achaemenid. In 522 BC, with the help of a number of heads of the seven great Persian families, the kingship of the Achaemenid

The Achaemenid Empire, or Achaemenid Persian Empire, (550–330 BC) was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of Greater Persia (or Iran). It followed the Median Empire as the

Cyrus is the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty. He was the grandson of the daughter of Astiac (Ishtvigo), the last king of Madad. Originally, Cyrus managed to overcome the Median government and take the

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