A CLEVER team of scientists have managed to decipher the world’s oldest map and claim it may show the location of “Noah’s Ark ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The ancient Assyrian language is classified as Akkadian; it was the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians, written in Cuneiform. To facilitate administrative tasks of the Assyrian Empire Aramaic ...

Conquered by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser V, they were exiled to upper Mesopotamia and Medes, today modern Syria and Iraq. The Ten Tribes of Israel have never been seen since. Or have they?

During the last hundred and fifty years or so, some work of investigation has been carried through on the question of ethnic and linguistic identity of modern Assyrians and their place in human ...

Monier, Elizabeth 2023. Minorities or citizens in the Middle East? Locating the ‘minority question’ in the intersecting histories of collective national belonging and state‐building. Nations and ...

A stone wall panel relief from the North Palace of Nineveh showing the siege of Hamanu by invading Assyrian armies. [Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] "The necklace, of Egyptian ...

Mr Zeitoune has published many books about Assyrian/Syriac music and songs. His work includes 'Music Pearls of Beth-Nahrain', 'Music heritage of Mesopotamia', 'Modern Assyrian music' and 'Naum ...

Modern Warfare 3's next update is Season 5, a sizeable new season refresh that adds in everything from fresh Battle Pass ...

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on ...

A highlight of the concert will be a modern take on Raweh — an ancient form of Assyrian music — blending tradition with contemporary composition. Share Latest podcast episodes ...

We asked essayists to write a letter to the person they were when they published their Modern Love essay. Here’s what they shared. Modern Love We asked essayists to write a letter to the person ...