After Assyrian families in Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove and Lincolnwood spent nearly a decade advocating for an Assyrian language program at Niles Township High School District 219, the program, the ...

TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- For the Assyrian faithful, there's hope in spring's renewal. For 12 days every March, descendants of this predominantly Christian indigenous community give thanks, ...

A rare and extraordinary 2,700-year-old stone seal from the First Temple period has been unearthed near the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, shedding light on the Assyrian influence in ...

It was Donald Trump’s mispronunciation that first caught attention. “Also, we have many Asur-Asians in our room,” Trump said at a rally last weekend in Prescott Valley. “We have some incredible people ...

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The Assyrian language is one of the oldest living Semitic languages and forms the cornerstone of the identity of the Assyrian people. In Iraq, the government of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI) has ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in the Old Testament. “For me as a historian, this is somewhat ...

Assyrian royal seal impression. Credit: Eliyahu Yanai / Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologists have uncovered the first Assyrian inscription ever found in Jerusalem, dating back to the First ...

Imagine if all of the world’s ancient cultures and civilizations had had well-developed writing systems. Then envision the marvels we would know about today, the hidden secrets and remarkable tales of ...

In 1845, an Englishman named Austen Henry Layard set out from Constantinople in search of Nineveh, the last capital of the Assyrian Empire. He was 28 years old, held no formal training in archaeology, ...