Archaeologists have made a major discovery in the ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh, uncovering a monumental stone relief depicting two of the most important deities of the Assyrian pantheon alongside one of the empire’s most famous kings.
Ancient written sources record that when Alexander the Great returned to Mesopotamia from the Indus Valley around 324 B.C., he founded a strategic new port in the region, known as Alexandria on the Tigris. Until recent years, however, its exact location remained lost to archaeologists.
Assyrians across the world recently commemorated the martyrdom of Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East, Mar Benyamin XXI Shimun, who was assassinated on 3 March 1918 by the Kurdish tribal chief Simko Shikak.
We're honoring Naum Faik Palak’s memory on his day of remembrance, 5 February, by publishing a translation of a special article he wrote more than one hundred years ago.
Prof. Dr. Dominik Bonatz, a leading expert in Near Eastern Archaeology from the Free University of Berlin, shared fascinating insights into the complex history of the Aramean and Assyrian peoples in an in-depth interview on Assyria TV aired in 2021.
Dr. Matthias Binder, a German scholar, has presented one of the most comprehensive academic studies to date on the Seyfo Genocide, examining how Assyrian survivors and their descendants used faith to interpret trauma, preserve identity, and confront the long aftermath of genocide.
Assyrian–Chinese historical exchanges took center stage at a jubilee celebration held in Hong Kong marking the 400th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Xi’an Stele.
