But when not at war, the people of this ancient civilization built splendid palaces and temples and created monuments of outstanding beauty, many of which can still be admired today. The Assyrian ...

The word kavod – dignity or honor – appears sixteen times, but in fourteen (2x7) of these cases the reference is to the glory of G-d.

This view is shared by most adherents in nearly all religious traditions, including 82% of Jews, 79% of Catholics, 57% of evangelical Protestants, and 56% of Muslims. (From the US Religious Landscape ...

Exhibitions offer a wealth of artifacts from the Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman civilizations. Travelers have commented on the beauty of the museum structures ...

Last month, the British Museum announced Lebanese firm Lina Ghotmeh Architecture as the winner of a competition to redesign ...

In Assyrian culture, the lion was a symbol of royalty ... They symbolized femininity, fertility, and wealth, traits closely connected with the goddess of love, beauty, and war. Persian Lion Motif.

The setting was war-torn northeast Syria. Within the territory controlled by Kurdish fighters was a string of Assyrian Christian farming villages along the Khabur River. These Assyrians had ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.