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 ...
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, ...