Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...

Although Assyrians switched to Aramaic, it was not wholesale transplantation. The brand of Aramaic that Assyrians spoke was, and is, heavily infused with Akkadian words, so much so that scholars refer ...

The monumental relief, measuring 5.5 meters in length and weighing about 12 tons, showcases important figures from Assyrian religion, including King Ashurbanipal, the god Ashur, and the goddess ...

Assyria also respected the Code of Law and Ethics of King Hammurabi who ruled Babylon circa 1700 BC. Though Babylon was eventually conquered by Assyria, the new rulers always gave it the status of ...

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

ISIS reportedly captured dozens of Assyrian Christians in northeastern Syria. — -- The world watched in horror last week as reports surfaced that ISIS militants captured as many as 350 ...

Leaders of several Assyrian organizations in the U.S and Europe have issued statements this week condemning Turkey’s seizure of Assyrian religious properties.

ISTANBUL (RNS) — On Oct. 15, hundreds of Turkey’s Assyrian Syriac Christians gathered in Istanbul’s leafy Yeşilköy neighborhood to witness the inauguration of Mor Ephrem Syriac Orthodox ...