Was this the world’s first empire?

Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

At the Massachusetts screening, Malaak Massoud--a young Suryoyo woman known for her Instagram channel, where she teaches the ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

The Assyrian National Council, in partnership with the Assyrian Youth group, organised this year’s Assyria Day, an initiative ...

The Assyrian National Council is celebrating Assyria Day 2025 with a renewed spirit. The Young Assyrians, a dynamic youth-led ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

This carved relief from Nimrud, a major city of the ancient Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq, regularly drifts around the internet as purported evidence for scuba diving nearly 3,000 years ago ...

By Van Sprague Does the Creator have something against horses? You wouldn’t think so, since He made them and said they were ...

Through Atra Asdou's smart and hilarious re-telling of world history narrated by TEG or The English Gentleman, she takes the ...

The Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre is debuting the new play, "Iraq, But Funny," which follows five generations of Assyrian women — narrated by a British guy. Writer and performer Atra Asdou ...