2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (826+ words) A new study co-written by Yale's Eckart Frahm provides evidence that the ancient kingdom of Assyria had three more kings than previously'thought. Fragment of a cuneiform tablet inscribed with a royal grant from 762 B. C. E. , issued in the name of a newly…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (559+ words) In 1915, Midyat and the Tur Abdin region were areas of ancient settlement, with dense populations of both Armenian and Syriac Christian communities. When the wave of massacres and deportations reached this region, some Kurdish tribal chieftains and religious leaders chose…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago  (403+ words) At the opening of an exhibition at the National Museum in Damascus featuring two of the returned pieces, Ayman al-Nabo, deputy director-general of Syria's Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, said, "Today we are unveiling a selection of archaeological artifacts that…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (415+ words) Figure 1. Still from Kathy Wazana's Film "They Were Promised the Sea" (2013) at the Mus'e du Juda'sme Marocain Shim'n Levy [SL]: "Because, I'm sorry, but the story of Israel is a story of colonization. And therefore, there's a whole ideology that…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago  (786+ words) A Reuters investigation found explosive blasts and structural cracks at major Isfahan landmarks, raising urgent questions about wartime protection of sites listed by UNESCO. As highlighted by Reuters The first blast wave caused the ancient domes and minarets on Naqsh-e…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (128+ words) France returns Syrian artefacts it's held since civil war Al Jazeera France returns Syrian artefacts it's held since civil war France has returned 23 Syrian antique artefacts it's held since the outbreak of the 2011 civil war. The collection, spanning from prehistory…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (117+ words) Jackson's Chastain survived the war and died in 1959 Missing dog tags belonging to a Jackson man who fought in World War I were recently found in France. The dog tags of Hilliard Chastain, a soldier in the famed Rainbow Division,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (470+ words) Evidence reveals that attackers laid siege to a city in Mesopotamia nearly 4, 000 years ago. Assyrian King Sennacherib at the city of Lachish, depicted in a relief from his Great Palace in Nineveh, circa 700-680 B. C. The first cities were built partly as…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (435+ words) A report by Shimon Samuels and Alex Uberti This year's object of contention is apparently the archaeological site of Sebaste/Samaria, which sits about 12 km north-west of the Palestinian city of Nablus and some 20 km from the "Green Line" in…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1042+ words) Keywords: Jerusalem, Second Temple, AD 70, Jewish Revolt, Roman Empire, Jesus' prophecy, Matthew 24, Josephus, New Testament Theology. Historical Background: Roman Rule, Jewish Nationalism, and the Road to Revolt The Jewish Revolt and the Roman Siege of Jerusalem (AD 6670) Nevertheless, these early…...