Assyria Township, Michigan -- The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, or SWMLC, and Barry County Parks have announced a new park in Barry County. Bailey Nature Preserve, formerly known as Metcalf Lake, is a 160-acre property in Assyria Township, just seven miles north of Battle Creek.
For many years the hills were alive with the sounds of music, mostly coming through Charlene's Santorini Mediterranean-style villa's windows in Los Altos Hills... But recently she moved with her baby grand to a beautiful condo in Menlo Park, with large panoramic windows as the sounds of her playing the piano continue to please her new neighbors.
In a remarkable fusion of culinary heritage and historical documentation, 'The Oldest Kitchen in the World: 4,000 Years of Middle Eastern Cooking Passed Down Through Generations' is set to make its debut in English markets on September 24, 2024. This extraordinary cookbook, compiled by Matay de Mayee, showcases ancient Assyrian recipes that have been preserved through oral tradition for millennia.
It isn't hard to see why the Assyrians considered the massive and monumental Bull of Nimrud sculpture to be a guardian deity. Towering at an awe-inspiring 16 feet tall, this stone carving featured an imposing supernatural creature known as the lamassu.
Archaeologists recently discovered a clay tablet in Turkey that's 3,500 years old. But the big surprise? It appears to be an order for hundreds of furniture items -- an enormous production for the Bronze Age site. Ancient Assyria expert Jacob Lauinger joins us to discuss his work interpreting the tablet and the many questions it raises. This segment aired on August 19, 2024.
4,000-year-old seal were found at the Tavşanlı Mound (or Tavşanlı Höyük) in Türkiye's Kütahya province--located in the west of the Anatolian peninsula. Dubbed the "Heart of Kütahya" over its shape detected through aerial footage, the "Tavşanlı Mound" located in the namesake district is unearthed through the cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University...