As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

A timeline of the reliefs puts it all into context, and activity booklets are geared for both middle and high school students. Critical support for the Assyrian Collection at the Bowdoin College ...

The Assyrians are the indigenous people of Mesopotamia and have a history spanning over 6700 years. Moreover, they are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians- builders of the earliest civilization.

The research team in Japan and the United Kingdom went through thousands of tablets of the Assyrian empire found in the 19th century. They contained evidence of this storm in ancient astrological ...

Move through the timeline below to get a better sense of the reliefs’ deep history and how they came to be housed in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Close examination of the reliefs provide details ...

These Christians were members of the Assyrian Church of the East, an ancient Church that flourished under the Persian Empire and has a rich spiritual and cultural history. The Assyrian Church has ...

Abductions by IS in Syria have put focus on ancient group who moved from Iraq a century ago to escape persecution Assyrian Christians, who had fled the unrest in Syria, attend a prayer for the 220 ...

These were surprised to everyone they were really supposed to be there." Visitors can explore 3D-printed reliefs and participate in hands-on activities, including tracing ancient Assyrian reliefs.