Jerusalem Post / Archaeology Persian King Xerxes thought to be Biblical Ahasuerus ‘famous example of arrogance’ The story of Esther would have taken place in the third year of Xerxes’ reign ...

Persepolis was burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC apparently as revenge to the Persians because it seems the Persian King Xerxes had burnt the Greek City of Athens around 150 years earlier. The ...

Doroodi believes that those bas-relief inscriptions are chiefly connected with Darius I (commonly known as Darius the Great), Xerxes and Artaxerxes. Moreover, the palace has inscriptions written in ...

Xerxes, like other Persian sovereigns, bore the title “King of Kings.” Like many who had come before him, he seems to have shared the compulsion to leave his mark on the world.

Silhouettes of Xerxes I, the legendary Persian king best known for his war against the Greeks, can be seen all over the exhibition. A stone foundation carved with his enthronement edict, written ...

Without the council's consent, and against the instructions of Sparta's mystical priests, King Leonidas leads 300 soldiers into battle against King Xerxes and his massive Persian army. While ...