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"Hundreds of thousands of clay tablets, densely packed with cuneiform characters, testify to more than three millennia of history in Mesopotamia. And thousands of those tablets testify to more than three millennia of beer. They allow us to peer into the minds and mouths of our beer-drinking forebears – what kind of beverages they preferred, how these beverages were made, what they meant to people. Thanks to more than a century of archaeological excavation, we can also bring these documentary sources into conversation with other remains – architecture, ceramics, stone tools, cylinder seals, carbonised seeds – that allow us to look beyond what was put down in writing. We can, for example, take a virtual tour through the spaces where beer was brewed, reconstruct the brewer’s toolkit (and use replica vessels to brew some beer ourselves), or sneak a peek at exclusive elite banquets through the eyes of ancient artists."
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in northern Iraq reveals that a mysterious layer of sand beneath an ancient temple may reshape what we know about Mesopotamian religion, architecture, and cultural exchange.
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
In a rare ruling welcomed by Assyrian groups, a court in Northern Iraq has sentenced the perpetrator of the 2025 Akitu attack in Nohadra to life in prison, marking an unusual instance of accountability for violence targeting Assyrians.
A statement by a Swedish member of the European Parliament supporting the Kurdish YPG militia has drawn scrutiny after he claimed Syrian government forces were attacking Christians in Aleppo, a claim not supported by available reporting.
Assyrian villages along the Khabur River in Syria’s northeast, including the town of Tell Tamer, are effectively held hostage by the Kurdish YPG militia amid ongoing fighting with the Syrian army.
A ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a Simele massacre memorial was overshadowed by controversial remarks from a Kurdish official and reports of imminent KRG plans to grab Assyrian land in the nearby village of Bakhtme.
