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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Assyrian

A jug handle stamp impression showing that the contects beloged to the Kingdom of Judah administration, found at an 8th century BCE site in Jerusalem. (courtesy IAA)
October 10, 2024, 4:12 pm
The taxman cometh: Jerusalem dig shows tribute system after biblical revolt against Assyria
Remains of buildings and a collection of stamped jar handles for the first time offer clues to how agricultural produce in the Jerusalem area was distributed to the empire
By Gavriel Fiske
Rare First Temple-era seal found in Jerusalem, in an image released on August 29, 2023. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
August 29, 2024, 11:43 am
‘Extremely rare, beautiful’ First Temple-era ‘genie’ seal discovered in Jerusalem
2,700-year-old stone seal is inscribed with the words ‘Yehoʼezer son of Hoshʼayahu’; its image of a protective winged demon or genie betrays Assyrian influence
By Gavriel Fiske
New South Wales police guard the perimeter of the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley after several people were stabbed in the church premises, on April 15, 2024 (David Gray/AFP)
April 15, 2024, 5:28 pm
Four injured in stabbing attack at Assyrian church in Australia, man arrested
Incident occurs during live-streamed service in Sydney suburb central to small Christian community that fled war in Iraq and Syria; second stabbing to rock city in days
By Agencies
An undated photo of the Assyrian ramp at Lachish, constructed using 3 million stones. (Yosef Garfinkel/courtesy)
November 9, 2021, 6:53 am
How Lachish fell: Study reconstructs Assyrian onslaught almost 3,000 years ago
Israeli, US researchers suggest powerful army quarried and transported 3 million stones in just weeks to build a ramp for battering rams to breach the hilltop stronghold in 701 BCE
By Michael Bachner
IDF soldiers take part in a large-scale exercise 'Lethal Arrow' simulating war in the north in October 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 29, 2020, 6:01 pm
With massive exercise in north, IDF prepares for war on multiple fronts
Lethal Arrow drill simulates fighting in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and elsewhere against Iranian proxies and Palestinian terror groups
By Judah Ari Gross
Members of the Khabour Guards (MNK) Assyrian Syrian militia, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), walk in the ruins of the Assyrian Church of the Virgin Mary, which was previously destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in the village of Tal Nasri south of the town of Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on November 15, 2019. (Delil souleiman / AFP)
November 19, 2019, 10:54 am
In northeast Syria, last Assyrians fear Turkish advance
Just 1,000 of 20,000 members of Christian minority remain in Syria after Islamic State invasion; now, the remnants of the community fear being ‘pushed into exile’
By Delil Souleiman
In this April 1, 2018 photo, Assyrian Christian dancers wear their traditional costumes, as they celebrate Easter and the Assyrian New Year, or Akitu, in the village of Tal Arboush, northern Syria. They were snatching joy out of a sober surrounding. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
April 3, 2018, 11:36 am
Syria’s tiny Assyrian community celebrates its survival
Bittersweet new year celebrations take place in one of more than 30 villages by the Khabur River destroyed by Islamic State
By Sarah El Deeb
A 4,000-year-old Assyrian tablet is the first evidence of surrogacy in infertility. (Istanbul Archaeology Museum)
November 12, 2017, 9:05 pm
4,000-year-old prenup pushes for surrogacy in case of infertility
Cuneiform tablet calls for a contractual sex slave to be freed after a son’s birth — and would have prevented the bitter rivalry between biblical Hagar and Sarah
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Artifacts on display at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York in the 'Noah’s Beasts: Sculpted Animals from Ancient Mesopotamia' exhibit. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2017, 2:59 am
In NY, a wild exhibit on biblical Noah’s feral seafarers
Flood myths were common in the Fertile Crescent 5,000 years ago — and the Morgan Library and Museum has the artifacts to prove it
By Cathryn J. Prince
People inspect the destroyed Mosque of the Prophet Younis, or Jonah, in Mosul, Iraq, on July 24, 2014. (AP)
February 28, 2017, 12:29 pm
Islamic State looting uncovers ancient palace beneath Jonah’s Tomb
Archaeologists in Iraq find residence of biblical kings Sennacherib and Esarhaddon in IS-dug tunnels beneath ruined shrine, according to report
By ToI Staff and AFP
Displaced Iraqi boys, who fled from Mosul with their families, carry food and other aid supplies, at a camp for internally displaced people in Hassan Sham, east of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 13, 2016, 3:18 pm
Iraq military says it recaptured Nimrud, home to ancient city
Former Assyrian capital was taken by Islamic State last year as part of campaign of destruction against heritage sites
By AFP
Syrians walk in a dusty street following air strikes by suspected Russian planes on the central rebel-held town of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on November 7, 2015. (AFP/ABD DOUMANY)
November 8, 2015, 5:04 am
Islamic State releases 37 Christians in Syria
More captives from group of 200 Assyrians abducted in February expected to be freed Monday; death toll from airstrike rises to 71
By AP
People observe ancient artifacts at the Iraqi National Museum on March 15, 2015 after its reopening in the wake of the recent destruction of Assyrian archaeological sites by the Islamic State group in Mosul, as they visit the museum in Baghdad. (photo credit: Karim Kadim/ AP)
May 12, 2015, 2:12 pm
Iraq: IS demolishes ruins to cover up looting
New evidence shows Islamic group’s destruction of historical treasures hides its theft of priceless artifacts
By Paul Schemm
Illustrative photo of rebels from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in Idlib Province, northern Syria, January 11, 2013 (AP/Edlib News Network ENN)
April 6, 2015, 7:04 pm
Islamists kidnap 300 Kurds in Syria, local officials say
Kurdish officials accuse al-Nusra Front of abduction of civilians; women in group said freed, men and children remain captive
By AFP
Assyrian Christians, who fled the unrest in Syria and Iraq, attend a prayer for the 220 Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State jihadists from villages in northeastern Syria in recent days, at the Saint Georges Assyrian Church in Jdeideh, northeast of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on February 26, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Anwar Amro)
March 2, 2015, 1:19 am
Islamic State frees 19 Christians as ransom paid: activists
Jihadists still hold more than 200 Assyrians after series of kidnapping raids
By AFP
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