What we know of the first perfumer in the historical record comes from one tablet that was housed alongside other chemical texts in the ancient library of Aššur. It is written in Middle Assyrian and currently resides in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin.
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well as evidence of a cult of personality around a particularly charismatic ruler
A silver necklace featuring a lion figure and an eight-pointed star, believed to represent the Assyrian goddess Ishtar, has been unearthed during excavations at the ancient city of Amos in Mugla, southwestern Türkiye.
If you have been on the internet in the last 10 years, you might have come across a fascinating cuneiform letter and its recipient merchant, Ea-nāṣir, who lived in ancient Mesopotamia. The letter is a complaint, believed to be the oldest complaint letter ever written, from around 1750 BCE.
Selena Wisnom walks the shelves of King Ashurbanipal’s library, revealing what the books tell us about the ideas circulating in 7th-century BC Mesopotamia.
The Acropolis Museum’s exhibition, Allspice: Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, offered a compelling journey through time, bringing together ancient Assyrian and Greek artifacts with contemporary works by Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz.
The two Aleppo neighborhoods that have become known as Kurdish in recent years were only 50 years ago inhabited by Assyrians and Armenians, explains local journalist Aqil Hussein in Asharq Al Awsat.
A Mexican restoration team discovered an ancient and special Assyrian church altar in Israel, and what followed has been described as nothing short of a miracle.
