The Evolution of Writing Practices in Ancient Israel. Yigal Bin-Nun . Currently, the epigraphic data from the region provide ...

In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are protecting it from more modern threats Photographs by Emily Garthwaite Text by ...

The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon ...

Texts from the ancient Near East tell of powerful neighbors—Egyptians, Arameans, Assyrians, and Babylonians—attacking the lands of Israel and Judah. Some archaeological ruins align neatly with ...

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Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Catholic Church of the East Mar Awa III censes during Christmas Eve service at the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles, within the complex of the Assyrian Catholic ...

This cannot be explained by known invasions, such as those by the Assyrians, Persians, or Greeks, as such groups arrived later, lacked the necessary genetic traits, or did not settle in the region in ...

By the eleventh century BC, there is evidence that a monarchy had formed. This monarchy soon split into two separate kingdoms. Eventually, both kingdoms were destroyed by the Assyrians and the ...

“They were able to fight the Egyptians, and the Babylonians and Assyrians had to treat them as equals,” said Andreas Schachner of the German Archaeological Institute, which has been carrying ...

Image credits: Archeology and art #3 Egyptian Scarab Bracelet, From Tomb Of Tutankhamun (1341-1323 Bc), And Was Made With Gold, Lapis-Lazuli, Carnelian, Turquoise And Other Semi-Precious Stones ...