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Aug. 22

The Iraq Museum

The Iraq Museum  Baghdad, Iraq       As we discussed in our previous museum blogs, after the 19th century exhibitions of Assyrian sites, most of the works were shipped to […]

Jul. 18

The Vorderasiatisches Museum

The next museum collection we will be discussing is the Vorderasiatisches Museum in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany. The collection of ancient near eastern objects began with the discovery […]

Jun. 11

The British Museum: London, England

  In our blog on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, we discussed the excavations conducted by Assyrian British diplomat Austin Henry Layard, and Hormuzd Rassam between the years of 1845 […]

May. 27

Naum Faiq

In February of 1868, Naum “Faiq” Palakh was born in Diyarbakir, located in the Assyrian region of the Ottoman Empire. While pursuing an education, Faiq gained popularity after being selected […]