The Assyrian Food Festival Saturday and Sunday focused on the culture of this ancient people, many of whom have settled in Skokie, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove and Niles after their native Iraq ...

With the unsteady hand of a 6-year-old boy, Sargon Hermez is learning to trace the sharp angled letters of his ancestors’ ancient alphabet onto wide-lined paper at a North Side church. The sc… ...

The Assyrian people, who originated in Mesopotamia, continue to speak a form of Aramaic, considered the language of Jesus. The culture is credited with inventing everything from the wheel to beer.

Assyrian people are among the oldest indigenous communities of Syria and Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia). Descendants of a rich and ...

He envisioned classrooms where Assyrian children could learn about their ancient and modern culture, their language and faith, as well as more traditional subjects like English literature and U.S ...

For many, the endeavor of enlightening society about Assyrian culture is an act of expression. Zach Kando, a member of the Chicago Assyrian Dancers group, uses the medium of traditional Assyrian ...

Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...

There’s a saying about culture and national identity — we are what we eat — that rang loud and clear Sunday when an Assyrian church in San Jose put on its 20th annual food festival ...

Zomaya launched Assyrian Kitchen’s first class on ancient cooking at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute that same year. The event sold out.

The relief, found on a wall panel in the underground complex, shows the integration of Neo-Assyrian culture into the Aramaic culture of Iron Age Turkey. Skip to main content.

LONDON — I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria is an exhibition presented by the British petroleum company BP. The company has been involved in the Middle East since the early ...

"Winegrowing and reviving the disappearing Assyrian culture were my childhood dream," Aktas said, next to barrels of wine fermented from green grapes in Midyat, a town 50 kilometres ...