William Daniel
Kateeny Gabbara (Kateeny the Great) is a legendary Assyrian hero who goes on many adventures and fights a monster named Shidda. In…
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Stories, lectures, classes and news from the Assyrian Cultural Foundation.
10 Year Radio Anniversary
This summer marks the 10-year anniversary of Ninos Nirari’s radio program. He first began the program at the request of the late…
Sir E. A. Wallis Budge & Sir Reginald Wingate
In 2020, the Ashurbanipal Library received a large donation from the collection of the late Assyrian publisher, Youel Abraham Baaba. The donation…
Aramaic Bible Translation Pt. I
Did you know that there is currently a team working on creating a new Assyrian (modern Aramaic dialect) translation of the Bible?…
Alex Agase Part II
Perhaps you may remember that we posted about the Assyrian football player and coach, Alex Agase, back in June? We are excited…
Esther Lang
Esther Lang has been a librarian at the Assyrian Cultural Foundation’s Ashurbanipal Library since July, 2018. Because of her appearance and last…
The University of London’s Akkadian Recordings
Have you ever wondered what the language of the ancient Assyrians would have sounded like? You are not alone. Scholars have been…
The Evolution of the Assyrian Flag
Did you know that the current Assyrian flag is a relatively new design? The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) proposed a competition for…
Assyrian Martyr’s Day
In the 1970s, Assyrians began to celebrate August 7th as Assyrian Martyrs’ Day. This day was chosen because in August of 1933,…
Assyrian Dictionary Project
In 1921, James Henry Breasted, the founder of the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute, decided to gather up a team of scholars…
Hormuzd Rassam
Did you know that one of the first modern archaeologists to dig the remains of the ancient Assyrian Empire was himself an…
Dr. Eprime Eshag
Full Post Did you know that there was an Assyrian economics professor at Oxford University? Dr. Eprime Eshag worked at Oxford from…