The sixth season of HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones," starting this weekend, will likely bring into focus an important historical element from the fictive universe of George R. R. Martin's ...

And playing Dastan, the hero and titular heir to the Persian throne in the $200-million tent-pole film, is none other than Hancock Park’s own Swedish-Jewish-American prince, Jake Gyllenhaal.

Available on Whatsapp, Signal, Wickr, Telegram, Viber. Iranian fans of the HBO show Game of Thrones are in a frenzy as the buildup to the July 16 premiere of the seventh and penultimate season ...

was an unknown who had succeeded to the usurped throne of a Persian vassal king. He rebelled and overthrew the Arcasids. This caused shock and resentment throughout Iran. However, Ardashir was a ...

If "Game of Thrones" is your speed ... modeled on ancient Persia ("Pars") — the hero is named for an ancient Persian epic — and explores old world war and politics with a similar lens as ...

They penned letters to the Persian throne, demanding a halt to construction. And so, as the Temple lay in suspended animation and the Jews of Jerusalem faced hostility, the Purim story unfolded ...

“Peacock Throne.” The only object of Persian art at all familiar to average occidentals is the famed throne upon which sit Persia’s Shahs. And this came from India, not Persia. Built in the ...

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