In a seismic moment for the Middle East, the Islamist rebels also dealt a major blow to the influence of Russia and Iran in ...
Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...
During these centuries, a common, unspoken language of symbols often reflected the region's shifting geopolitics, allegiances ...
The Iraqi Christians speak a modern version of Aramaic. They are the descendants of the Assyrian civilisation that covered ...
The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...
The Mesopotamia Democratic Culture and Art Movement (TEV-ÇAND) made statements in Qamishlo and Kobanê against the Turkish state's attacks on North-East Syria and Aleppo and its surroundings.
Antony of Tagrit's Treatise on Rhetoric. (University of Manchester) This project aims to reshape our understanding of Syriac intellectual culture by investigating its engagement with late antique ...
Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani. (European Press Photo Agency) Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani boarded a bus in Damascus in March 2003, heading across the desert to Baghdad with fellow volunteers eager to repel the ...
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 ...