The inscription on a Persian pottery shard bearing the name of Darius the Great was declared fake. An expert revealed that she altered the artifact at an Israeli site.

WASHINGTON — A nearly 2,600-year-old clay cylinder that’s been described as the world’s first human rights declaration is being shown for the first time in the U.S.

At least one of the Persian artifacts had been sawed in half, he added. “This is Mandana, so beautiful, our love,” Meybodi said in Persian, his voice heavy with emotion as expatriate Iranian ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is displaying hundreds of ancient and Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years and all of them recently brought back home from ...

N-126: 1. Blue pamphlet. "Composition of Ancient Persian Artifacts". Spectrographic metallographic analysis by Lucius Pitkin. Inc. N.Y., Objects probably from prehistoric finds at Nihavand or Harsin ...

CHICAGO — The professor opens a cardboard box and gingerly picks up a few hunks of dried clay — dust-baked relics that offer a glimpse into the long-lost world of ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A legal battle over ancient Persian artifacts has the Iranian government asking for Washington to intervene and the University of Chicago defending the Islamic regime in ...

The figurine was found during an excavation led by archaeologists from the University of Warsaw. It is the first of its kind discovered in the Persian Gulf, though similar artifacts have been ...