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300 Prequel: Xerxes to be Directed by Guy Ritchie?

Did you like 300 the movie? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, regardless of your stance, it’s being reported that instead of 300-director, Zack Snyder, British director Guy Ritchie might be the one retelling Frank Miller’s fictional comic-book tale of the Persian king, “King Xerxes” (Khashaayaar Shah) for the big screen in the 300 prequel: Xerxes. Admittedly, it [...]

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King Cambyses’s Persian Army: Lost and Found?

A recent discovery in the Sahara desert by Italian archaeologists (and twin brothers)  Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, might prove to be the remains of the indomitable Persian army, lead by the Persian King Cambyses II, the son of Cyrus the Great, while attempting to cross the desert some 2,500 years ago. The brothers having unearthed artifacts  like Bronze [...]

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Persian Rugs for World Peace: Iranian Artists Get Busy

Some Iranian artists are planning on weaving a Persian Rug for world peace.