Originally built in the 2nd century BCE, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the 3rd century CE and subsequently rebuilt.

Laodicea holds an important place in history. Founded on the site of an earlier city by Antiochus II, king of the Seleucid Empire, between 261 and 253 BCE, it was named in honor of his wife Laodice.

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient tomb hidden in the courtyard of a house in Turkiye's ancient Greek city of Edessa, ...

Perseus of Macedon was the last Greek king of ancient Greece before it came under Roman rule following defeat in the Battle ...

Emotions of despair is overwhelmingly present in the Jewish history but it is always followed by declaration of perseverance ...

TEHRAN – The Iranian tourism Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri has emphasized the importance of attracting foreign tourists to Gilan ...

Hanukkah is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd ...

The Nabataeans held off numerous Seleucid attacks, even inflicting considerable damage on their assailants: In 84 B.C., the Seleucid king Antiochus XII Dionysus died during one such battle.

In 164 BCE, Judah Maccabee managed to defeat the local forces of the Seleucid Empire led by Antiochus IV and purified the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. For the following decades, the region would be ...