The survival of Assyrian culture in Armenia is not merely a matter of history or heritage. It is an act of love.

The Long Road to Glory. A small town on the Tigris -- Birth of a kingdom -- Disruption and recovery -- The crown in crisis -- Empire. The great expansion -- On the edges of empire -- A ghost story -- ...

In 1911, the explorer Gertrude Bell visited the German excavations at Ashur, the founding capital of the Assyrian empire. Emerging from communities on the banks of the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, the ...

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was made ...

But scholars are now finding even older possible references. Ancient Greek texts, for example, such as Aristotle's ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a 2,700-year-old pottery fragment inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform, offering what experts describe as the first direct evidence of royal Assyrian ...

A new study by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has revealed the first-ever Assyrian inscription discovered in Jerusalem, dating to the First Temple period. The inscription was unearthed in an ...

Later, I met Aharon Mirzoev, 21, a medical student who also works to support his family yet remains an active member of the ...