Aerial view of Kültepe, its mound and its lower town. (Kültepe archaeological mission archives) The harvest season is now! Send silver so we can store barley for you before your arrival. The beer ...

TEL ARBOUSH, Syria (AP) — The young men and women in traditional costumes of red, blue and white, the colors of the Assyrian flag, jumped into the middle of the park. With feathers or gold tiaras on ...

More than 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians in Nineveh built the first great empire in human history. Excelling in science, engineering and warfare, they were the beginnings of modern civilization. But ...

One of the best-known images of the ancient Near East is an intriguing nineteenth-century color lithograph reconstructing the throne room of an Assyrian palace. Executed shortly after the ...

Archaeologists have unlocked a portal to the past through an object that might seem mundane at first glance: a sun-dried brick. Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern-day Iraq, this ...

In Lord Byron’s 1821 play “Sardanapalus,” the king of the title laments that the glory of his empire will someday fade into oblivion. “Time shall quench full many a people’s records, and a hero’s acts ...

Los Angeles -- The Assyrian Arts Institute's ensemble, "Assyrian Women," released their first Aramaic musical album, "The Joy of Christmas" on December 15. The Aramaic music is sung in the original ...