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Sep. 08

Remembering Obelit Yadgar

The Assyrian Cultural Foundation deeply mourns the passing of Obielit Yadgar, a cherished voice in the Assyrian community and an honorary guest at our recent Assyrian Renaissance Concert. His dedication […]

Aug. 29

Assyrian Instrument: Lyers of Ur

Paintings, ornate vases, reliefs, and other pieces of ancient fine art depict musicians playing a myriad of instruments. However, it’s rare the instruments they are modeled after survive to this […]

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 […]