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ANKAWA, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — In a spirited display of cultural exposition, scholars, writers, and cultural connoisseurs gathered last evening at the Social Academic Center and Open Cultural Forum in Ankawa to explore the enduring legacy of ancient Assyrian traditions.  The event, headlined by a lecture entitled “Manifestations of…

ASPERO, Peru — Archaeologists have uncovered the remarkably well-preserved remains of a noblewoman from the ancient Caral civilization, dating back more than 5,000 years, at the Áspero archaeological site in Peru. Located along the coast, Áspero was once used as a municipal landfill but has since gained significance as an…

By AsAbove_SoBelow Ever wondered what the name of your Lebanese hometown means? This article will help you discover the meaning of some Lebanese villages, the roots of their names, you may or may not be surprised because many come from Syriac Aramaic, Phoenician and Hebrew. Tanbourit Tanbourit comes from Persian “Tanbour”,…

By AsAbove_SoBelow Ever wondered what the name of your Lebanese hometown means? This article will help you discover the meaning of some Lebanese villages, the roots of their names, you may or may not be surprised because many come from Syriac Aramaic, Phoenician and Hebrew. Baslouqit From Syriac ܒܶܝܬ ܣܰܠܘܩܺܝܬܰܐ “bet…

By Amine Jules Iskandar | President of the Syriac Maronite Union-Tur Levnon and Head of External Relations of the Universal Syriac Union Party During WWI, between 1914 and 1915, Lebanon witnessed a genocide, rarely ever spoken of. Unfortunately, our schools always taught that the famine that decimated about half of…

By AsAbove_SoBelow Ever wondered what the name of your Lebanese hometown means? This article will help you discover the meaning of some Lebanese villages, the roots of their names, you may or may not be surprised because many come from Syriac Aramaic, Phoenician and Hebrew. Saghbine From a common word between…

By AsAbove_SoBelow Ever wondered what the name of your Lebanese hometown means? This article will help you discover the meaning of some Lebanese villages, the roots of their names, you may or may not be surprised because many come from Syriac Aramaic, Phoenician and Hebrew. Let’s start with one of…

RYADH — In a lecture at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi scholars have revealed that the variety of scripts from ancient civilizations, including the Thamudic and Nabataean scripts, demonstrates the long-standing interaction between Arabs and neighboring societies. The scholars noted that modern Arabic script originates from the Nabataean script in…

OXFORD / JERUSALEM — A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE highlights the essential role played by non-authors like scribes, compilers, and editors in shaping ancient Syriac texts, not just in their preservation. The philological study Material philology and Syriac excerpting practices: A computational-quantitative study of the digitized…

By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar | architect, a teacher, president of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon, and Head of External Relations of the Universal Syriac Union Party The Maronite mummies were discovered in the Qadisha Valley on July 13, 1990, by a team of speleologists from the Group…