More than 2,700 years ago, someone in ancient Assyria carefully ground and polished a small piece of rock crystal, leaving it with one flat face and another slightly convex. The object, now known as the Nimrud Lens, can focus light and even provide crude magnification -- properties that have led to a much larger and more controversial question: could the Assyrians have experimented with telescopic...
Gothenburg, Sweden -- Members of the Assyrian community and others interested in Assyrian affairs gathered on 9 August 2026 for a ceremony organized by the Gothenburg branch of the Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa), in cooperation with the Ashur Banipal Club, to mark Assyrian Martyrs' Day and the 93rd anniversary of the Simmele Massacre.
Archaeologists excavating Hattusa in central Turkey have uncovered a large storage complex dating back roughly 3,800 years to the Assyrian Trade Colonies Period, revealing new evidence about the economic life of the settlement before it became the capital of the Hittite Empire.
In Bucharest, scholars from more than 35 countries adopted a declaration on the protection of Christian heritage. Participants in two major international academic forums signed the document in an effort to preserve the Middle East's unique Christian sacred and cultural heritage amid geopolitical changes in the region, Basilica.ro reports.
Baghdad -- Patriarch of the Chaldean Church Mar Paulos III Nona said rebuilding Christian areas destroyed by wars in Iraq is not enough to ensure the survival of the Christian presence, stressing that the greatest challenge is encouraging residents to return to their historic communities and regain confidence in the future.
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