The True Holocaust. Remembering the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by the Turks / Jews (Synagogue of Satan) On 7 February 2024 the NSW Legislative Council considered a motion on genocide prevention. Introduced by Liberal Party opposition Whip, the Hon Chris Rath, the motion called for the Upper House to acknowledge that 9 December 2023 marked the […]
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The True Holocaust. Remembering the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.
Sennacherib’s Prisms Reveal the Glorious Reign of an Assyrian King
Imagine if all of the world’s ancient cultures and civilizations had had well-developed writing systems. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News History Famous People Read Later Source Views: 0
Ancient Plant DNA Extracted from 2,900-Year-Old Assyrian Brick
DNA testing in an archaeological context has been improving by leaps and bounds, resulting in many new discoveries relating to ancient human, animal and plant genetics. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Ancient Assyrian Carvings Found Near Mashki Gate Destroyed by ISIS
Eight stunningly detailed carved stone panels have been discovered near the Mosul, Iraq. They were unearthed near Mashki Gate, a site that was bulldozed by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in 2016. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage recently told AFP that the ancient stone carved panels date back to the King Sennacherib, who […]
Assyrian loanwords in Kurdish
While many make a huge deal of foreign loanwords in Classical Syriac or Modern Assyrian Aramaic, little do we realise how much our own language has affected our neighbours, particularly the Kurds. As a result, the various dialects of Kurmanji (including Bahdinani) are full of Syriac/Aramaic words borrowed from their Assyrian Christian and Jewish neighbours […]
Gateway to the Heavens: The Assyrian Account of the Tower of Babel
The story of the fabled Tower of Babel from the Book of Genesis has come to inspire artists throughout history and to symbolize the idea of human ambition. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Asia Ancient Places Asia Read Later Source Views: 0
Neo-Assyrian ‘Divine Procession’ Discovered in Hidden Tunnel, Turkey
Ancient Neo-Assyrian artwork showing a procession of deities has been found in an Iron Age tunnel complex carved into the bedrock in Turkey. The unfinished, yet exceptional ancient artwork was discovered under a modern house. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Asia Read Later Views: 0
New Study Reveals How Legendary Assyrian Siege Ramp Overcame Lachish
Israeli archaeologists have revealed the secrets behind the Assyrian siege ramp that conquered the ancient Judean town of Lachish. A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology shows how King Sennacherib’s military juggernaut was able to triumph over the Judean fortified hill town in less than a month. The Lachish Assyrian siege ramp, […]
2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Wine Press Found in Northern Iraq
A team of Italian archaeologists exploring ruins connected to the legendary Neo-Assyrian Empire have discovered an ancient industrial wine press. Dating to approximately 700 BC, the remains of the wine press were found at an archaeological site known as Khanis, which is in the Duhok governate in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. “This is […]
The Assyrian, Persian And Greek Conquest Of Ancient Egypt
During the eighth century BC, ancient Egypt was experiencing turbulent times. The country was split with a pharaoh ruling in Lower Egypt, but powerful priests of Amun were ruling Middle and Upper Egypt. The Nubian Kingdom took advantage of the split in Egypt. Piye (744-714 BC) an ancient Kushite king of Nubia, regarded his campaign […]
Archaeologists find Assyrian siege ramp at biblical city of Azekah
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Archaeologists find Assyrian siege ramp at biblical city of Azekah
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