The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, Nineveh, lie within Mosul in northern Iraq. The worlds 3.5 million Assyrians are currently dispersed with members of the diaspora comprising nearly ...

My wife and I are travelling to Korea during Spring Break, and I’ve been invited to speak at one of our partner churches in ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural ... "is that ...

Set against the backdrop of Nineveh, the capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire, ‘Lamassu Falling’ immerses readers in a time when plagues and wars ravaged the land. The story unfolds as an ...

Dur-Sharrukin, meaning "Fortress of Sargon," was built by Sargon II, naming it after himself, to serve as the new capital of the Assyrian Empire ... to the settlement of Nineveh shortly afterwards.

When writing resumed at Nineveh in Assyria, it recorded victories over the Aramaeans, a nomadic people who, displaced by drought, were raiding Assyrian cities. Their language, Aramaic, would ...

My grandmother was Assyrian. She hailed from Iraq ... A fighter from the NPU (Nineveh Plain Protection Units) walks through a destroyed church on November 8, 2016, in Baghdeda, Iraq.

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation ... of one of the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh uncovered sculptures of King Sennacherib ...