Assyrian homeland
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The Assyrian homeland or Assyria is the homeland of the Assyrian people within which Assyrian civilisation developed, located in the Upper Mesopotamia of West Asia. The territory that forms the Assyri
King Ashurnasirpal II of the Assyrian Empire meets a high official during a review of soldiers and war prisoners. He is accompanied by a parasol-bearer and is watched over by a winged deity (Ashur). He holds a bow and a pair of raised arrows, symbolising victory in battle. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), about 865-860 BC
Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Alqosh, Nineveh, Iraq.
Mor Hananyo Monastery, or The Saffron Monastery in the Tur Abdin region.
Saint Mary Church: an ancient Assyrian church located in the city of Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Qaraqosh
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Qaraqosh is a city in the Nineveh Governorate, of Iraq located about 32 kilometres southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 kilometres west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the anc
A view of Bakhdida
"Balawat Gates" displayed at the British Museum
"Qaṭartā d'Beth īnā", an example of brick constructions in the old centre
Wall of a church destroyed by ISIS in Bakhdidag