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The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

The truth is that the Christians of Syria are afraid and the proof is how complicated it has been for us to find someone ...

Although there may be some earlier evidence of ritual practices by modern humans, such as the 40,000-year-old "lion man" ...

Since the attacks in February, ISIS has besieged several ancient Assyrian sites, including the Iraqi city of Nimrud, the village of Khorsabad, and Hatra, a 2,000-year-old city. On Easter Sunday, ...

In 2022, more than 2 million people came to Israel to see the Old City of Jerusalem’s stone walls. While the Hajj is limited ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The next Syrian constitution must guarantee the rights of the Syriac and Assyrian Christian minorities as the communities face an uncertain future ...

Long ago, an ancient city known as Dur-Sharrukin briefly served as the capital for one of the most powerful empires […] ...

3,000-year-old clay tablets show that some associations between emotion and parts of the body have remained the same for millennia.

At the height of its reign of terror, the horror of ISIS’ beheadings and executions was, for most, only seen through screens ...

Nilüfer Koç, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Policy Committee of the Kurdistan National Congress, discusses the Kurdish ...

The great 16th century legal scholar Rabbi Yosef Karo posed a startling question concerning why Hanukkah is celebrated for ...