All Things Assyrian

Love is Stored in the Mesopotamian Liver
DNA Study Disproves Assyrian Origin of Armenians Theory
Ancient Tablet May Reveal Location of Noah's Ark
Ancient Assyrian Tablet Reveals Biodiversity
Cylinder Seals: Symbols of Ancient Power
Reading As Divine Encounter
Perfume: From Assyria to Rome
A Nature Preserve in Assyria Township
Under the Brilliant Baton
Ancient Assyrian Cuisine: 'The Oldest Kitchen in the World'
Resurrecting the Bull of Nimrud
The Assyrian Furniture Order From 1500 BC
Assyrian Trade Colonies 2,000 B.C.
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Assyrian Clay Tablet With Women's Names Wows Visitors
The Turkish Cave City and the Assyrians
The Horse and the Assyrians
Record Maximum Bible Chapters Written in Assyrian By an Individual
The Language of Jesus in Germany
Jordan Under the Assyrians
The Royal Assyrian Advisor and Julian Assange
Ancient Assyrian Armor in China
Assyrian From San Diego to Make Pro Boxing Debut
Crisis in India-based Church: Pope Francis Again Warns of Schism
Assyrian Student Filmmaker Creates Documentary on Detroit's Chaldeans
Art From Assyrian Civilization Springs Back to Life
Assyrian Graduate Flourishes After Finding Her Unique Voice
How a Solar Eclipse Spelled Trouble for the Assyrian Empire
Jonah, Nineveh and the Great American Eclipse of 2024
In Assyria, Being 'King for a Day' Could Be Deadly
Ancient Assyrian Horses
The World's 10 Oldest Libraries
Assyrian Pizza in Turkey
Ancient Mesopotamian Bricks Captured a Mysterious Blip in Earth's Magnetic Field
Researchers Find 1,500 Year-old Chapter Hidden Within Assyrian Bible
The Trojan War and the Assyrians
Iraqi-American Artist Evokes the Splendor of Eden and Ancient Assyria
The Professor and the Assyrian Empire
Where is the Most Beautiful Town in Iraq?
Assyrian Warfare in the Bronze Age
The Assyrian Hazelnuts
Alina Habba: Trump's Assyrian Lawyer
The Ancient Assyrian Trade Tablet Monument
UFC Hires Assyrian Who Interrogated Saddam Hussein
Singer Discovers Her Assyrian Roots in Trip to Middle East
Ancient DNA Recovered From 2,900-Year-Old Assyrian Brick
Santur: From Ancient Assyria to Persia and Beyond
Assyrian-Style Vegan Meat and Rice Balls
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
On the Silk Road to China
The Ancient Assyrian Game of Pah Tum
Researchers Extract Ancient DNA From a 2,900-Year-old Assyrian Clay Tablet
3,200 Year-Old Assyrian Perfume Recreated
The Tigris: The River That Birthed Civilisation
The World's Fastest Growing Church
Experts Create AI to Translate Ancient Assyrian
Fragment of a 1,750-Year-old Assyrian New Testament Translation Discovered
Art As a Bridge for Two Cultures
Who is Dr. Now?
The Language of the Gods: Cuneiform Writing
Summaries

Love is Stored in the Mesopotamian Liver

By Ellen Phiddian

Does your heart soar when you're happy? If you were living in ancient Mesopotamia, you might assign such joyful flights to the liver. Researchers have analysed Mesopotamian texts to see how they described emotions inhabiting different parts of the body. The study, published in iScience, draws on Neo-Assyrian cuneiform texts dating from 934-612 BC.

DNA Study Disproves Assyrian Origin of Armenians Theory

The Armenians, a population in Western Asia historically native to the Armenian Highlands, were long thought to be descendants of Phrygian settlers from the Balkans. This theory, rooted primarily in the writings of the Greek historian Herodotus, stemmed from his observation that Armenians serving in the Persian army were armed in a manner similar to the Phrygians.

Ancient Tablet May Reveal Location of Noah's Ark

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have deciphered what is believed to be the world's oldest map--a 3,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet that may reveal the location of Noah's Ark. The artifact, known as the Imago Mundi, has been housed in the British Museum since 1882 after its discovery in what is now Iraq.

Ancient Assyrian Tablet Reveals Biodiversity

By Joseph Shavit

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed an ancient relic that offers a vivid snapshot of life nearly 3,000 years ago. However, it wasn't a precious gem, intricate artifact, or a hidden scripture, but rather a seemingly mundane brick. The story behind this find isn't just about its age but the biological treasure trove it held within.

Cylinder Seals: Symbols of Ancient Power

For roughly two centuries, from ca. 900 -- 700 BCE, the Near Eastern empires of Neo-Assyria and Urartu co-existed, though the former gradually conquered and subsumed the latter in the mid-7th century. By 550 BCE, forty years after the Assyrians themselves were defeated, the Achaemenid Empire had conquered the major centres of the Near East and catapulted the Persians into position as a regional...

Reading As Divine Encounter

By Andrew J. Pottenger

While western media attention has lately centered mainly on Ukraine or Israel and Gaza, devastating conflict continues in Syria between its authoritarian government and a complex array of independent factions supported by foreign governments.

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