Let’s first look at the biblical and ancient Near Eastern evidence. Cyrus (whose name was pronounced ko-resh in Hebrew) became king of Persia in 559 BC and conquered Babylon in 539 BC. He is mentioned ...

Iran's authorities appear to be taking measures to prevent citizens from gathering at the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the first king of Persia, in celebration of Cyrus Day. The ancient king's big event ...

Cyrus the Great was King of Persia and was used by God to free the Jewish people. Cyrus was in Bible prophecy 200 years before God used him and is mentioned in the Bible 22 times. As was the custom of ...

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Republic has arrested the organisers of a march last week near the tomb of the ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great that attracted thousands of people celebrating the ...

Iran says it has foiled an online plan to organize an "illegal gathering" at the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the first king of Persia. Iranians gather every year on October 29 at the pre-Islamic king's ...

The Cyrus Cylinder, an object from the ancient world that was never intended to be seen at all, will have an entire exhibition devoted to it at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. "It's a very ...

Front of the throne base of Shalmaneser III of Assyria, showing the Assyrian king and Marduk-zakir-šumi I of Babylon shaking hands in a public display of Assyro-Babylonian friendship. From Kalhu. Iraq ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tomb of Cyrus the Great, a revered King of the Persian Empire, is seen at Pasargadae outside Shiraz, south of Tehran, ...