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  1. Is the Assyrian Nimrud Lens the Oldest Telescope in the World?

    The Nimrud lens is a 3,000-year-old piece of rock crystal unearthed by Sir John Layard in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. Since its discovery over a century ago, scientists and historians have debated its use, with one prominent Italian professor claiming the lens was used by the ancient Assyrians as part of a telescope.

    Joanna Gillan - 02/08/2022 - 14:59

  2. The Lost City of Dur-Sharrukin – The Capital That Never Was

    ... kingdom located on the modern frontier of Turkey and Syria, while the latter was a sacred city dedicated to the ... of Khorsabad 'attacked by Isil' as coalition strike on Syria oil refinery kills 30. [Online] Available at: ...

    dhwty - 07/03/2019 - 14:02

  3. Nineveh: Exploring the Ruins of the Crown City of Ancient Assyria

    Nineveh was the last capital of the Assyrian Empire, as well as its most populous city. It has even been claimed that Nineveh was the most populated city in the world for a period. In recent times, the remains of Nineveh have suffered much damage as a consequence of the war that has been raging on in the region.

    dhwty - 24/08/2018 - 13:58

  4. 4,000-Year-Old Assyrian Tablet Makes First Known Infertility Diagnosis and Recommends Slave Surrogate

    A 4,000-year-old Assyrian tablet discovered in central Kayseri province, Turkey, is an ancient marriage contract with the first known diagnosis of infertility. The clay record says that the wife should allow her husband to hire a female slave to act as a surrogate if the couple does not conceive within two years after the date of marriage.

    aprilholloway - 10/11/2017 - 19:00

  5. Russian Divers Discover Ancient Roman Sea Fortress at Tartus

    ... in the County of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast of  Syria representing the country’s second largest city port ... an ancient port and a Roman sea fortress off the coast of Syria at Tartus. ( Sevastopol State University ) Diving among ... ancient port was discovered in the territorial waters of Syria during the second field season of the Russian-Syrian ...

    ashley cowie - 28/01/2021 - 22:02

  6. Archaeologists discover Assyrian fortifications from a legendary battle

    About 3,000 years ago during the Iron Age, the Assyrians were a major power in the Middle East and North Africa. Their military might was terrifying. And now, a new archaeological finding reveals more about the defensive strategies of this once powerful empire.

    aprilholloway - 20/08/2013 - 08:02

  7. Weapons and tactics change, but PTSD goes back millennia

    The weapons, tactics and strategies of warfare have changed enormously through the centuries, but the hellish aspects of war and the deep psychological scars it leaves on warriors were apparently seen at least as far back as 1,300 B.C.

    Mark Miller - 27/01/2015 - 12:44

  8. Assyrian stele containing ancient curse will not be reunited with its other half

    ... of Dur-Katlimmu, now the modern town of Sheikh Hamad in Syria, where it was installed at a shrine commemorating a ... to the auction house, but no details about when it left Syria are available. Bonhams is confident about the ...

    aprilholloway - 29/03/2014 - 02:57

  9. Ancient Plant DNA Extracted from 2,900-Year-Old Assyrian Brick

    DNA testing in an archaeological context has been improving by leaps and bounds, resulting in many new discoveries relating to ancient human, animal and plant genetics. New ground in DNA analysis of the past is being broken all the time.

    Nathan Falde - 23/08/2023 - 14:49

  10. A Paradise Lost: In Search of Eden

    ... to the North of ancient Israel and in ancient Lebanon and Syria. Discovered at Tell el Fakhariyah (on one of the tributaries of the Khabur River), Syria in 1979, was a statue containing a bilingual ... III (reigned between 859 - 824 BCE). Located in Syria, Til Barsip was situated along the Euphrates River. It ...

    pkoutoupis - 04/07/2014 - 14:33

  11. Shock Find! Assyrian Palace from 600 BC Discovered Under Demolished Shrine in Iraq

    Archaeologists working at a demolished shrine in Mosul, Iraq have stumbled upon a discovery of a previously unknown palace from about 600 BC. It has been declared that the monumental find may provide new insight on the Assyrian Empire, however, archaeologists are also worried that many important artifacts were destroyed by the ISIL militants who uncovered it.

    Alicia McDermott - 01/03/2017 - 22:50

  12. Assyrian Palace Discovered in Terrorists’ Treasure Tunnels

    On June 4, 2014, the Northern Iraq offensive began when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL; sometimes referred to as the Islamic State (IS)) launched a major offensive against government forces in northern Iraq. On June 10, IS captured Mosul, approximately 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad on the west bank of the Tigris, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the East bank.

    ashley cowie - 18/04/2020 - 17:12

  13. August 10 612 BC: Nineveh, the Largest City in the World, Fell

    ... Crescent, corresponding to modern Iraq, Kuwait, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and areas along the ...

    ashley cowie - 10/08/2020 - 18:34

  14. Flamma the Syrian: The Mysterious Gladiator Who Refused Freedom

    ... never to be free? The answers may lie in the history of Syria and in what we know about gladiator life within the ... populations in Judea, Cypress, Egypt, Macedonia, and Syria, there was no end of persecuted Jews being captured and ... and its subduing of several Jewish revolts in Judea and Syria . Under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, further tensions ...

    B. B. Wagner - 30/08/2020 - 18:38

  15. Astounding Ancient Assyria: The Grand Palace of Assurnasirpal

    ... is a summary of the areas in the west — in Lebanon and Syria — who gave him tribute and the bringing of ...

    Natalia Klimczak - 31/12/2016 - 03:53

  16. First Kingdoms: The Forgotten Mesopotamian Kingdom of Ebla

    ... and linguists alike. But across the Euphrates in Syria, the picture was much bleaker, so it seemed, if you ... to be any of these. Up until the 1960s, third millennium Syria was generally thought of as no more than ‘an ... an Italian archaeologist, Paolo Matthiae, believed that Syria should not be entirely neglected. And he selected a ...

    ancient-origins - 21/05/2019 - 19:05

  17. The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Priest King and Conqueror – Part 1

    The year is 745 BCE and much of the Middle East is about to be conquered and confiscated by the powerful Assyrian Empire under King Tiglath-pileser III.

    Tiglath-Pileser III: stela from the walls of his palace.

    Cam Rea - 22/10/2016 - 01:28

  18. Earliest-known Human Engineered Hybrid Animals Identified in Mesopotamia

    ... a 4,500-year-old burial site at Umm el-Marra in northern Syria. The results of their study indicate the skeletons ... animals known as ‘kungas’ found at Umm el-Marra site, Syria. (Glenn Schwartz/ John Hopkins University ) Kungas ... Middle East that corresponds to modern-day Iraq, parts of Syria and Turkey. While there is archaeological evidence to ...

    Sahir - 15/01/2022 - 13:54

  19. Ancient City and Citadel of War-Torn Aleppo Are Syria’s Golden Age Legacy

    ... will bring up hundreds of articles about the conflict in Syria and sadly the name has become a byword for the horrors ... will bring up hundreds of articles about the conflict in Syria and sadly the name has become a byword for the horrors ... held the area for several centuries after the conquest of Syria by Alexander the Great . Later it was occupied by the ...

    Ed Whelan - 02/09/2019 - 01:50

  20. Madyes: Master of Asia, Historical Enigma

    Madyes, the mysterious Scythian stepped onto the world stage. There is not a great deal of information about him, nor has his name turned up in any of the Assyrian tablets. Herodotus and Strabo are the only two writers who mention him other than Arrian, who refers to him as “Idanthyrsus.”

    Cam Rea - 07/01/2017 - 02:17

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