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"The “Gilgamesh Opera,” staged by the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet, will return to the stage at Istanbul’s Ataturk Cultural Center (AKM) after receiving strong audience interest last season.
The epic work by Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun will be performed on Feb. 18 and Feb. 21 at the AKM Turk Telekom Opera Hall, according to official announcements."
New research suggests a long-overlooked bas-relief in King Sennacherib’s palace in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, destroyed with other priceless artifacts, showed the Temple Mount and Bible’s King Hezekiah
For the first time in the city’s history, the flag of Assyria will rise alongside the banners of other countries at the Sculpture Park on McCormack Boulevard.
Patriarch Louis Sako’s most recent controversial remarks, in which he claimed that each Assyrian church denomination constitutes a separate nation, have triggered strong reactions and appear to have backfired.
Midyat Municipality has launched a new phase in its preservation efforts, demolishing unauthorized additions to historic buildings and restoring building facades in the ancient Assyrian quarter.
Nineveh’s Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage has launched an initiative to reintroduce the chamomile flower to Mosul after several seasons of absence.
At the University of Salamanca, one of Europe’s oldest academic institutions, an Assyrian renaissance is unfolding. At its center stands Prof. Dr. Efrem Yildiz, whose journey from northern Assyria to academic leadership reflects the resilience of his people.
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