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Exploring Biblical tombs In Alqosh, Iraq

One of the last Christian towns not to fall to ISIS in Iraq, Alqosh is a major Religous and cultural center in the Ninevah Plains. It is Located about 40 miles from Mosul, and has been (until recently) under constant threat of attack. The Christian NPU and Kurdish Peshmerga have protected it.

It is home to the 1400 year old Chaldean Catholic Monsatery of Rabban Hormizd that has been literally carved in to the mountains. There is also a 900 year old Synagogue and the 2700 year old tomb of Nahum from the old testemant. This has survived for a hundred generations almost to be destroyed in our lifetime.

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Alqosh and other ancient sites in the area

Iraqi Kurdistan Series - Part 2 - Jerwan, Lalish, Alqosh, Duhok - TEA MAGE PRODUCTIONS

The second day of my Kurdish adventure starts the morning at the oldest aqueduct on Earth, and possibly the mechanism that helped feed the hanging gardens of Babylon, if they existed in Nineveh (Mosul). Next I got a great experience in Lalish, the holiest city of the Yazidi religion. After Lalish, and some military checkpoints, we spent time in Alqosh, the most Christian city in Iraq, and possibly the last one. A Chaldean mountainside church and cave system, Jewish synagogue holding the tomb of Nahum, and the oldest churches in central Alqosh were all mind-blowing to see firsthand. Stopping on our way to Duhok at a displaced people's camp, we tried our best to relate to some kids, and as we gazed were confronted with the harsh reality of our world and its conflicts. Lastly, Duhok was a fun final destination, filled with food and a nice winding-down feel.

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Nineveh Plains (Classical Syriac: ܦܩܥܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ‎, translit. Pqatā d'Ninwe, and Modern Syriac: ܕܫܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ‎, translit. Daštā d'Ninwe; Arabic: سهل نينوى‎, translit. Sahl Naynawā; Kurdish: Deşta Neynewa‎) is a region in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate to the north and east of the city Mosul, from which it is also known as the Plain of Mosul. It was formerly known as the Plain of Sanjar or Sinjar from its major medieval settlement. It was the location of al-Khwārizmī's determination of a degree during the reign of the caliph al-Mamun.
Part of the Assyrian homeland, the area also includes the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities of Nineveh, Nimrud, and Dur-Sharrukin as well as numerous ancient religious sites such as Mar Mattai Monastery, Rabban Hormizd Monastery, the Tomb of Nahum, and the Yezidi Lalish.

The Lachish Reliefs in the Southwest Palace, Nineveh

Flyover of the Assyrian King Sennacherib's Palace without Rival (the Southwest Palace) at Nineveh (modern Mosul, Iraq) and then a flythrough of the room in the palace holding reliefs depicting the Assyrian destruction of Lachish, mirroring descriptions of the events in the Bible. Video developed by us for an exhibition on Nineveh held at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden (the Netherlands).

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The Chaldean Catholic Church (Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܟܠܕܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ‎, ʿīdtha kaldetha qāthuliqetha; Arabic: الكنيسة الكلدانية al-Kanīsa al-kaldāniyya; Latin: Ecclesia Chaldaeorum Catholica, lit. 'Catholic Church of the Chaldeans') is an Eastern Catholic particular church (sui juris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, with the Chaldean Patriarchate having been originally formed out of the Church of the East in 1552. Employing the East Syriac Rite in Syriac language in its liturgy, it is part of Syriac Christianity by heritage. Headquartered in the Cathedral of Mary Mother of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq, since 1950, it is headed by the Catholicos-Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako. It comprises 640,828 members, mostly Chaldean Christians living in northern Iraq, with smaller numbers in adjacent areas in northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran, a region roughly corresponding to ancient Assyria. There are also many Chaldeans in diaspora in the Western world.
The background of the Chaldean Catholic Church is the Chaldean Patriarchate of the Church of Assyria and Mosul, formed out of the Church of the East in 1552 by Patriarch Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa, recognised as of the Chaldeans by the Holy See in 1553. However, his successors in the 17th and 18th centuries provoked a time of turbulence, with splits of varying connections to the Papacy. More than one claimants to the Catholic patriarchal seat left the Catholic Church unable to recognise either. In one patriarchal line, hereditary status of the office was reintroduced and relations with Rome formally broken, with this line eventually forming the Assyrian Church of the East in 1692. Subsequently, however, the two then-remaining Catholic successors of the original patriarchal line unified in 1830 in Mosul, remaining in uninterrupted full communion with Rome until this day.
Despite being known as Chaldeans, their followers are generally accepted to be indigenous Eastern Aramaic-speaking Assyrian people, although a minority of Chaldeans (particularly in the United States) have in recent times began to espouse an identity from the land of Chaldea, extant in southeast Mesopotamia between the 9th and 6th centuries BC, despite there being no accredited academic study or historical record which supports this.In 2015, while the patriarchate of the Assyrian Church of the East was vacant following the death of Dinkha IV, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako proposed a merger, or reunion, of the Chaldean Catholic Church with the other denominations that trace their origins to the Church of the East: the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East, in order to recreate one united Church of the East with a single patriarch in full communion with the Pope. These efforts were stranded, however, when the Assyrian Church of the East decided to elect a new patriarch.

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Mosul (Arabic: الموصل‎ al-Mawṣil, Kurdish: مووسڵ‎, Syriac: ܡܘܨܠ‎, translit. Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq. Located some 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad, Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank. The metropolitan area has grown to encompass substantial areas on both the Left Bank (east side) and the Right Bank (west side), as the two banks are described by the locals compared to the flow direction of Tigris.
At the start of the 21st century, Mosul and its surroundings had an ethnically and religiously diverse population; the majority of Mosul's population were Arabs, with Assyrians, Armenians, Turkmens, Kurds, Yazidis, Shabakis, Mandaeans, Kawliya, Circassians in addition to other, smaller ethnic minorities. In religious terms, mainstream Sunni Islam was the largest religion, but with a significant number of followers of the Salafi movement and Christianity (the latter followed by the Assyrians and Armenians), as well as Shia Islam, Sufism, Yazidism, Shabakism, Yarsanism and Mandaeism.
Mosul's population grew rapidly around the turn of the millennium and by 2004, the city's population was estimated to be 1,846,500. In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized control of the city. The Iraqi government recaptured it in the Battle of Mosul three years later.
Historically, important products of the area include Mosul marble and oil. The city of Mosul is home to the University of Mosul and its renowned Medical College, which together was one of the largest educational and research centers in Iraq and the Middle East.
Mosul, together with the nearby Nineveh plains, is one of the historic centers for the Assyrian people and their churches; the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, some of which were destroyed by ISIL in July 2014.

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00:02:38 1 Etymology
00:05:25 2 History
00:05:35 2.1 Ancient era and early Middle Ages
00:11:32 2.2 9th century to 1535
00:14:14 2.3 Ottoman period
00:21:23 2.4 1918 to 1990s
00:24:32 2.5 2003 American invasion
00:30:21 2.6 Christian exodus
00:31:56 2.7 Government by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
00:36:45 2.7.1 Women
00:37:43 2.7.2 Persecution of religious and ethnic minorities and destruction of cultural sites
00:41:43 2.7.3 Human rights
00:42:07 2.7.4 Armed opposition
00:42:45 2.7.5 Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)
00:44:08 3 Demography
00:44:51 3.1 Religion
00:46:00 4 Infrastructure
00:48:41 5 Geography
00:48:50 5.1 Climate
00:49:13 6 Historical and religious buildings
00:50:50 6.1 Mosques and shrines
00:53:10 6.2 Churches and monasteries
00:58:52 6.3 Other sites
00:59:22 7 Arts
00:59:31 7.1 Painting
01:02:13 7.2 Metalwork
01:04:20 8 Education
01:05:03 9 Sport
01:05:21 10 Notable people

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Mosul (Arabic: الموصل‎ al-Mawṣil, Syriac: ܡܘܨܠ‎, romanized: Māwṣil , Kurdish: مووسڵ‎, ) is a major city in northern Iraq. Located approximately 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad, Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank. The metropolitan area has grown to encompass substantial areas on both the Left Bank (east side) and the Right Bank (west side), as the two banks are described by the locals compared to the flow direction of Tigris.
At the start of the 21st century, Mosul and its surroundings had an ethnically and religiously diverse population; the majority of Mosul's population were Arabs, with Assyrians, Armenians, Turkmens, Kurds, Yazidis, Shabakis, Mandaeans, Kawliya, Circassians in addition to other, smaller ethnic minorities. In religious terms, mainstream Sunni Islam was the largest religion, but with a significant number of followers of the Salafi movement and Christianity (the latter followed by the Assyrians and Armenians), as well as Shia Islam, Sufism, Yazidism, Shabakism, Yarsanism and Mandaeism.
Mosul's population grew rapidly around the turn of the millennium and by 2004, the city's population was estimated to be 1,846,500. In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized control of the city. The Iraqi government recaptured it in the Battle of Mosul three years later, during which the city sustained heavy damage.
Historically, important products of the area include Mosul marble and oil. The city of Mosul is home to the University of Mosul and its renowned Medical College, which together was one of the largest educational and research centers in Iraq and the Middle East.
Mosul, together with the nearby Nineveh plains, is one of the historic centers for the Assyrian people and their churches; the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, some of which were destroyed by ISIL in July 2014.

Assyrian Culture in the Middle East and in Diaspora

Fadi Davood from the University of Toronto presented Of Patriarchates and their place in Assyrian Identity. Alda Benjamen from the University of Pennsylvania Museum & Smithsonian Institution presented Between Negotiation and Resistance: Baghdadi Assyrian intellectuals (1970s-1980s). Eden Naby presented Preservation of Aramaic through Word and Music. Third of three sessions in a daylong symposium.

Speaker Biography: Fadi Davood is a lecturer at the University of Lakehead in Ontario, Canada.

Speaker Biography: Alda Benjamen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania Museum's Penn Cultural Heritage Center, and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution, in the Office of the Undersecretary for Museum and Research. She works as a historian specializing in cultural heritage documentation and preservation. Benjamen completed her Ph.D. in Modern Middle Eastern History recently at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Speaker Biography: Eden Naby is an Assyirian-Iranian-Assyrian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran.

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Assyria (), also called the Assyrian Empire, was a major Semitic-speaking Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East and the Levant. It existed as a state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC in the form of the Assur city-state, until its collapse between 612 BC and 609 BC, spanning the Early to Middle Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age. From the end of the seventh century BC (when the Neo-Assyrian state fell) to the mid-seventh century AD, it survived as a geopolitical entity, for the most part ruled by foreign powers such as the Parthian and early Sasanian Empires between the mid-second century BC and late third century AD, the final part of which period saw Mesopotamia become a major centre of Syriac Christianity and the birthplace of the Church of the East.Centered on the Tigris in Upper Mesopotamia (modern northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and the northwestern fringes of Iran), the Assyrians came to rule powerful empires at several times. Making up a substantial part of the greater Mesopotamian cradle of civilization, which included Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, and Babylonia, Assyria was at the height of technological, scientific and cultural achievements for its time. At its peak, the Neo-Assyrian Empire stretched from Cyprus and the East Mediterranean to Iran, and from what is now Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus, to the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt and eastern Libya.Assyria is named after its original capital, the ancient city of Aššur, which dates to c. 2600 BC, originally one of a number of Akkadian-speaking city states in Mesopotamia. In the 25th and 24th centuries BC, Assyrian kings were pastoral leaders. From the late 24th century BC, the Assyrians became subject to Sargon of Akkad, who united all the Akkadian- and Sumerian-speaking peoples of Mesopotamia under the Akkadian Empire, which lasted from c. 2334 BC to 2154 BC. After its fall from power, the greater remaining part of Assyria was a geopolitical region and province of other empires, although between the mid-2nd century BC and late 3rd century AD a patchwork of small independent Assyrian kingdoms arose in the form of Ashur, Adiabene, Osroene, Beth Nuhadra, Beth Garmai and Hatra.
The region of Assyria fell under the successive control of the Median Empire, the Achaemenid Empire, the Macedonian Empire, the Seleucid Empire, the Parthian Empire, the Roman Empire (only for a year) and the Sasanian Empire. The Arab Islamic Conquest in the mid-seventh century finally dissolved Assyria (Assuristan) as a single entity, after which the remnants of the Assyrian people (by now Christians) gradually became an ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious minority in the Assyrian homeland, surviving there to this day as an indigenous people of the region.

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