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News, history, art and heritage of the world's earliest civilizations: Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia
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Assyrian youth in traditional attire during the exhibition on their ancestor, King Ashurbanipal, held on 22 February 2019 at the British Museum, London. #Ashurbanipal #AssyrianKing #Assyrian #BritishMuseum #Lamassu #AssyrianWingedBull
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#Assyrian Maria Farhad, #MissIraq2021, in ancient Assyrian clothes & accessories at the Jerwan aqueduct site in Assyria. The Jerwan Aqueduct in #Assyria is the oldest known aqueduct in the world. The #JerwanAqueduct, located north of #Nineveh.
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Assyrians: From Bedr Khan to Saddam Hussein. by Frederick A. Aprim. Throughout the Christian Era, the #Assyrians have faced an immense tragedy through persecution, oppression, and massacres. Read more here: #Assyrian @FredAprim
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ACT MP calls for recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides via @The Greek Herald . #AssyrianGenocide #ArmenianGenocide #GreekGenocide #Greek #Assyrian #Armenian.
greekherald.com.au
Braddock has become the first elected official to call the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides by name in the ACT Legislative Assembly.
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The #Pontic #Greek genocide began in 1914 by the Young Turk regime, which was led by the Three Pashas, and continued into 1923 by the Kemalist regime which was led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha. #Pontus . Pontic Greek Genocide:
en.wikipedia.org
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The churches of the 4,000-year-old Assyrian town of Midyat in Tur Abdin. #Midyat #church #Assyrian #Suryoyo #Syriac #SyriacOrthodox #Turabdin #christian
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The tower of Rabban Hormizd, the Assyrian Chaldean monastery (founded in 640 A.D.) in Alqosh, Nineveh Plains, occupied Assyria. #RabbanHormizdMonastery #Alqosh #Assyrian #Chaldean #Syriac #NinevehPlains #Nineveh
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Assyrian girl in traditional clothes & accessories from Aqra, Nohadra, Assyria. #AssyrianClothes #Assyrian #Aqra #Assyria #Nohadra #AssyrianGirl #Nineveh #Design
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A 2,900-year-old carved panel from the ancient #Assyrian city of #Nimrud #Kalhu shows soldiers swimming across a river using inflatable goat skins, according to the #BritishMuseum.
tehrantimes.com
TEHRAN – A 2,900-year-old carved panel from the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud shows soldiers swimming across a river using inflatable goat skins, according to the British Museum.
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In 1933, remarkable excavations took place at the gateway of King #SargonII’s citadel in #DurSharrukin, #Assyria. These discoveries revealed a treasure trove of #Assyrian history and artistry, captivating scholars and shedding new light on the grandeur of the #Assyriankingdom
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Mrs. Ashtar Khnan-Eshoo Abraham, an Assyrian woman, is pictured in 1893 in Urmia, Persia, .wearing a stunning traditional Assyrian Hakkari mountain costume. #AssyrianWoman #Hakkari #Assyrian #Urmia #AssyrianCostume #AssyrianAttire
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Before ISIS’s brutal campaign, an estimated 350,000 #AssyrianChristians lived in Iraq. Today, that number has dwindled significantly. #Assyrian #NinevehPlains .
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Christianity is not foreign to Iraq — it’s foundational. Long before ISIS and Islam, Christianity had already taken root in Iraq. In fact, Christianity has existed in Iraq since the first century AD,...
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This picture was published in #FredAprim’s 2006 book, "#Assyrians: From Badr Khan to Saddam Hussein". From the collection of the family of Zadok Daniel—seen wearing a hat—it was taken in Mosul just after the 1933 #SimeleMassacre in occupied #Assyria.
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An #Assyrian refugee man who survived the #SimeleMassacre of 1933 in occupied #Assyria, pictured in 1939 in his newly constructed village of #TelTamar in the #Khabour region of Syria. Read here about the Assyrian Simele massacre:
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ong live FC Assyriska FF and Assyrian flag forever!. Assyrian Football club from Södertälje, Sweden. Since 1974. #Assyrian #Assyriska #södertälje #assyrianews
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Hellenic presence felt at Assyrian Genocide commemorations in Sydney via @The Greek Herald . #AssyrianGenocide #Assyrian #Sydney.
greekherald.com.au
The Hellenic presence was felt during the commemorative events for the 111th anniversary of the Genocide of the Assyrian people last week.
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Assyrian refugee men who survived the Simele Massacre of 1933 in occupied Assyria, pictured in 1938 wearing traditional folkloric clothing in their newly constructed village of Tel Tamar, in the Khabour region of Syria. #SimeleMassacre #Assyrian #Simele #Khabour #TelTamar
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#AshurbanipalLibrary in #Nineveh, #Assyria, was the first organized library in history. Dating to the 7th century BC, it held over 30,000 clay tablets with #cuneiform texts, some dating as far back as 3000 BC. Most of the tablets are at the BM in London.
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By Ahikar the Wise, Grand vizier of Assyria. (704-681 B.C.) . #Assyrian #AhikarTheWise #AhiqarTheWise #ahikar #assyrianews #wisdom #Proverb #Assyria #quote #saying #quote
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