Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- For the Assyrian faithful, there's hope in spring's renewal. For 12 days every March, descendants of this predominantly Christian indigenous community give thanks, ...

SOMERVILLE — In 2016, Zachary Baum and Matthew Boyes-Watson walked into Somerville City Hall with an unorthodox vision: to transform a vacant, U-shaped garage nestled behind a Union Square alleyway ...

The Fancy Bow is the greatest mystery in Mewgenics. Whereas most items tell you exactly what they do when you click on them, the Fancy Bow will just tell you "it's fancy," and nothing more. Still, as ...

One of the key aspects of No Rest for the Wicked is the ability to create complex builds using the game's attribute system combined with various types of weapons and armor. Thanks to this, you can ...

Long before modern astronomy, the Assyrians were already observing the night sky. In this video, we explore an ancient Assyrian star map—what it shows, how it was used, and what it tells us about the ...

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A group of excavators recently uncovered the first-ever Assyrian inscription found in Jerusalem — shedding light on ancient power struggles described in the Bible. The inscription, which was carved on ...

Pope Leo XIV suffered one of the greatest insults of his pontificate this week, though the heresy was not theological. Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, gave the ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in the Old Testament. “For me as a historian, this is somewhat ...

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