Before the famed Persian Empire, whose borders spanned from India to Thrace, there was another empire—the Assyrians. The Assyrian Empire, while much smaller than the future Persian Empire to come, ...

The Babylonian bridal auction, described by Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC, is regarded as one of the ...

The Chicago metro area is home to 90,000 Assyrians, the second largest in the U.S., living in north Chicago and northwest ...

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How the Book of Esther uses letters to safeguard Jewish identity and language during exile and empire.

The Mahdi (“the Guided One”) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology, believed to be a descendant of Prophet Muhammad who will appear at the End of Times to rid the world of tyranny, evil, and ...

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Over 80 people turned out for the Melbourne Launch of Dr Themistocles Kritikakos' latest book 'Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian ...

The Pyrenean Mastiff is a rare livestock guardian dog that can protect a flock just a fiercely as it can serve as a human ...

A wall relief fragment depicting Ashurbanipal between two gods: Ashur and Ishtar. (Heidelberg University) In May 2025, archaeologists excavating ancient Nineveh announced the discovery of a ...