From: Subject: ZENDA - February 8, 2000 Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:16:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C31553.35A1C950"; type="text/html" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C31553.35A1C950 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2000/zn020800.htm ZENDA - February 8, 2000 =20
Z I N D = A   M A G A Z=20 I N E=20

Volume=20 V            =    =20 Issue 41
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T H I S   W E E K   I N   Z I N = D=20 A

The=20 Lighthouse Esarhaddon
Good=20 Morning Bet-Nahrain Mar Bidawid on the Suffering of the Iraqi=20 People
News=20 Digest WLO Condemns SLA Officer's Assassination=20
J.C. Adams, Died in Glendale, = California
Surfs=20 Up "Is it a shame to = be proud of=20 your own artist?"
Surfers=20 Corner A Message from the Tehran Assyrian Iranian=20 Association
Assyrian=20 Surfing Posts The Teaching of Syriac in = Lebanon:=20 An Overview
Report on=20 Assyrian Academic Society's Dictionary Project =
The Assyrian Screen Saver (Version = 3.0)
Literatus Against Arousal
Bravo Nineveh Online
Milestones J.C. Adams
Pump=20 Up the Volume Easy & Difficult
Back=20 to the Future Shamshi Adad I & the Persecution of the = Assyrian=20 Jacobites
This=20 Week in History The First Assyrian Winged-Bulls
Calendar=20 of Events February = 2000

All blue=20 links throughout this issue are hyperlinks to other sections on this = page or=20 featured websites.=20

THE LIGHTHOUSE=20

ESARHADDON =
(680-669 B.C.)

Ignoring the claims of his older brothers, an = imperial council=20 appointed Esarhaddon (Ashur-aha-iddina; 680-669) as King Sennacherib's=20 successor. The choice is all the more difficult to explain in that = Esarhaddon,=20 unlike his father, was friendly toward the Babylonians. It can be = assumed that=20 his energetic and designing mother, Zakutu (Naqia), who came from Syria = or=20 Judah, used all her influence on his behalf to override the national = party of=20 Assyria. The theory that he was a partner in plotting the murder of his = father=20 is rather improbable; at any rate, he was able to procure the loyalty of = his=20 father's army. His brothers had to flee to Urartu (modern Armenia). In = his=20 inscriptions, Esarhaddon always mentions both his father and = grandfather.=20

Defining the destruction of Babylon explicitly as = punishment by=20 the god Marduk, the new king soon ordered the reconstruction of the = city. He=20 referred to himself only as governor of Babylonia and through his = policies=20 obtained the support of the cities of Babylonia. At the beginning of his = reign=20 the Aramean tribes were still allied with Elam against him, but Urtaku = of Elam=20 (675-664) signed a peace treaty and freed him for campaigning elsewhere. = In 679=20 he stationed a garrison at the Egyptian border, because Egypt, under the = Ethiopian king Taharqa, was planning to intervene in Syria. He put down = with=20 great severity a rebellion of the combined forces of Sidon, Tyre, and = other=20 Syrian cities. The time was ripe to attack Egypt, which was suffering = under the=20 rule of the Ethiopians and was by no means a united country. = Esarhaddon's first=20 attempt in 674-673 miscarried. In 671 BC, however, his forces took = Memphis, the=20 Egyptian capital. Assyrian consultants were assigned to assist the = princes of=20 the 22 provinces, their main duty being the collection of = tribute.=20

Occasional threats came from the mountainous border = regions of=20 eastern Anatolia and Iran. Pushed forward by the Scythians, the = Cimmerians in=20 northern Iran and Transcaucasia tried to gain a foothold in Syria and = western=20 Iran. Esarhaddon allied himself with the Scythian king Partatua by = giving him=20 one of his daughters in marriage. In so doing he checked the movement of = the=20 Cimmerians. Nevertheless, the apprehensions of Esarhaddon can be seen in = his=20 many offerings, supplications, and requests to the sun god Shamash. = These were=20 concerned less with his own enterprises than with the plans of enemies = and=20 vassals and the reliability of civil servants. The priestesses of Ishtar = had to=20 reassure Esarhaddon constantly by calling out to him, "Do not be = afraid."=20 Previous kings, as far as is known, had never needed this kind of=20 encouragement.=20

At home Esarhaddon was faced with serious = difficulties from=20 factions in the court. His oldest son had died early. The national party = suspected his second son, Shamash-shum-ukin, of being too friendly with = the=20 Babylonians; he may also have been considered unequal to the task of = kingship.=20 His third son, Ashurbanipal, was given the succession in 672, = Shamash-shum-ukin=20 remaining crown prince of Babylonia. This arrangement caused much = dissension,=20 and some farsighted civil servants warned of disastrous effects. = Nevertheless,=20 the Assyrian nobles, priests, and city leaders were sworn to just such = an=20 adjustment of the royal line; even the vassal princes had to take very = detailed=20 oaths of allegiance to Ashurbanipal, with many curses against = perjurers.=20

Another matter of deep concern for Esarhaddon was his = failing=20 health. He regarded eclipses of the moon as particularly alarming omens, = and, in=20 order to prevent a fatal illness from striking him at these times, he = had=20 substitute kings chosen who ruled during the three eclipses that = occurred during=20 his 12-year reign. The replacement kings died or were put to death after = their=20 brief term of office. During his off-terms Esarhaddon called himself = "Mister=20 Peasant." This practice implied that the gods could not distinguish = between the=20 real king and a false one--quite contrary to the usual assumptions of = the=20 religion.=20

Esarhaddon enlarged and improved the temples in both = Assyria=20 and Babylonia. He also constructed a palace in Kalakh, using many of the = picture=20 slabs of Tiglath-pileser III. The works that remain are not on the level = of=20 those of either his predecessors or of Ashurbanipal. He died while on an = expedition to put down a revolt in Egypt.=20

For this and other related articles published = by=20 Britannica.com CLICK=20 HERE=20

=20

GOOD MORNING = BET-NAHRAIN=20

MAR RAPHAEL I BIDAWID DISCUSSES = IRAQIS=20 SUFFERING

(ZNDA:  = Cincinnati)   In=20 this month's issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine, published in = Cincinnati,=20 Ohio, His Holiness Mar Raphael I Bidawid discusses the dire condition of = the=20 people of Iraq due to the economic sanctions imposed by the United=20 Nations.  In an interview with Carol Ann Morrow, assistant managing = editor=20 of St. Anthony Messenger, he reminds the American public of the Iraqi = children,=20 5,000 of whom die monthly from diarrhea, pneumonia, breathing problems = and=20 malnutrition.  He insists that the economic sanctions in Iraq, = imposed=20 after the Gulf War, and the no-fly zone have led to a disaster for the = Iraqi=20 people.  Raphael I Bidawid, the Assyrian-Chaldean Catholic = patriarch from=20 Baghdad, believes that the U.N.'s position can be reversed.  In his = recent=20 visit to the United States, His Holiness enlisted the help of people of=20 influence like Cardinal John J. O'Connor (New York), Dr. Billy Graham = and former=20 President Jimmy Carter.=20

Without a change in the U.N. = policy, Bishop=20 Thomas J. Gumbleton, an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit, = believes=20 those who live will be intellectually impaired and emotionally = destroyed.=20 Gumbleton, who most recently visited Iraq in December, said the only way = to=20 eliminate the sanctions is for people to inundate the White House with = phone=20 calls, postcards and letters.=20

Until a change is made, Mar = Bidawid remains=20 firm in his commitment:  "The embargo is inhuman and immoral... It = is=20 disaster for the Iraqi people."
=20

NEWS DIGEST=20

WLO CONDEMNS SLA OFFICER'S=20 ASSASSINATION

(ZNDA: London)  According = to the=20 BBC-London the Islamic militant group, Hezbollah, has honored fighters = who=20 carried out the assassination of the senior commander of the = Israeli-backed=20 South Lebanon Army last week.  Speaking at a ceremony for the = fighters in=20 Beirut, the Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nazrallah, said the group = should now=20 prepare rockets for use against Israel.  Hezbollah ('the Party of = God')=20 emerged in the 1980s, to fight "for the liberation of the occupied = territories=20 and the ejection of the aggressive Israeli forces".=20

Colonel Akel Hashem of the = South Lebanon=20 Army died when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near his car on the = road to his=20 ranch in Dibel in the Israeli-occupied enclave.  Colonel Hashem, = second=20 most senior officer in the SLA after its 75-year-old commander Antoine = Lahad,=20 was branded a "criminal traitor" by the fundamentalist Shiite movement = Hezbollah=20 in a statement.=20

Israel's deputy defense = minister Ephraim=20 Sneh promised to avenge his death.  The colonel, 50, was a former = Lebanese=20 army sergeant before he joined the ranks of pro-Israeli = militiamen.  He was=20 reported to be about to become the SLA's chief, with Commander Lahad = quitting=20 the militia and moving to France.=20

The Executive Committee of the World Lebanese=20 Organization issued the following press release last week:=20

***
New York, Information = Office
February 2, 2000=20

In response to the joint = attacks by=20 Hezbollah and the Syrian occupation services against officers of the = South=20 Lebanon Army (SLA), and in response to the vitriolic campaign against = Maronite=20 Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Sfeir, the WLO declares the = following:=20

1) The WLO consider the = assassination of=20 SLA deputy commander Colonel Akl Hashem and officer engineer Ghassan = Risk as a=20 terrorist act aimed at the security of the civilian population living in = the security = zone in south=20 Lebanon. Such acts demonstrates clearly that the area must not and = should not be=20 surrendered to its bullies, the Fundamentalist Hezbollah, and military = units=20 under Syrian control. The killing of Hashem and Risk is a benchmark in = the=20 history of that area of Lebanon. This bloodshed indicates that only a = local or=20 national -but trusted- military force, under international umbrella, can = guarantee the safety, security and freedom of the people of south = Lebanon. The=20 WLO, as it presents its sincere condolences to the families of Colonel = Akl=20 Hashem and officer Ghassan Risk, declares both of them as national = Lebanese=20 heroes. Upon liberation of the country, the WLO will recommend both = officers to=20 the highest distinctions of a liberated Lebanon.=20

2) The WLO declares the = leadership of=20 Hezbollah as directly responsible for the assassination of Hashem and = Risk, and=20 considers the Syrian occupation as politically and legally responsible = for the=20 killings. The Syro-Lebanese joint security command in the country must = assume=20 the international responsibility of the assassinations carried out by = their own=20 apparatuses and by the Islamist groups of all creeds and affiliations. = Hence,=20 the killing and dismembering of Salwa and (pregnant) Sarah Yazbek in = Kfar Abou,=20 the kidnapping and beheading of Lebanese Army officer Naddaf, the = execution of=20 six Christian soldiers in the north, the torture, rape, and killing of = sister=20 Antoinette Zaidan, the bombing of Qolaia, as well as the assassination = of SLA=20 officers Akl Hashem and Ghassan Risk, is an ongoing massacre aimed at=20 terrorizing Lebanon from its Christian population, particularly those = opposed to=20 the Syrian occupation and terrorist fundamentalists.=20

3) The WLO strongly stigmatize = the wave of=20 political and vitriolic attacks organized by pro-Syrian and Islamist forces in Beirut = against the=20 Maronite Patriarch and the Maronite Church for having delegated Bishop = Maroun=20 Sader to participate in the burial service of Colonel Hashem in south = Lebanon.=20 The WLO considers those attacks as a moral and political aggression = against the=20 entire Christian People in Lebanon and in the Diaspora. The WLO warns = the=20 Syro-Islamist cohorts that attacking Bkerke (seat of the Maronite = Church) is a=20 red line, beyond which they will find the fiercest resistance of = millions of=20 Lebanese inside the country in around the world. For what several Arab = and=20 Islamic dynasties have failed to achieve over 13 centuries -the subduing = of the=20 Maronite Church and community in Lebanon- neither Damascus nor Tehran = will be=20 able to achieve in this century.=20

The Executive = Committee=20
The World Lebanese = Organization=20 (WLO)
New = York=20

Photo of Colonel Hashem above courtesy of=20 BBC-London.

J.C. ADAMS, DIED IN = GLENDALE,=20 CALIFORNIA

Courtesy of Modesto Bee Newspaper, February 01, = 2000=20

Mr. Adams was the son of Dr. Isaac and Sarah Adams. = They came=20 to the Turlock-Delhi area in 1911, seeking an area similar in climate = and crops=20 to their native Iran, according to "Streams in a Thirsty Land, A History = of the=20 Turlock Region."=20

Their son, John, was born Jan. 2, 1908, in North = Battleford,=20 Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a graduate of Turlock High School and = attended=20 Modesto Junior College.=20

He moved to San Francisco to pursue an interest in = law, then=20 moved to Los Angeles and began a law book business and ran it for nearly = 50=20 years.=20

He was a Navy Signal Corps veteran of World War = II.=20

He is survived by his children, Marvelle Sands and = Neil Adams,=20 both of Eagle Rock, John Adams Jr. of Santa Ana, Charles Adams of = Alaska, David=20 Valentine of Hollywood, Donald Adams of Reno and Christopher Adams of = Shasta;=20 brothers, Albert I. Adams, Arthur Adams and Henry Adams, all of Turlock, = and=20 Edward Adams of Modesto; sisters, Clara John of Chicago and Florence = Essa=20 Johnson of Oxnard; and 25 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one=20 great-great-grandchild.=20

A funeral was held at 1 p.m. Friday at Allen = Mortuary, Turlock.=20 Burial was at Turlock Memorial Park, Turlock.
=20

SURF'S UP!

"I for one am so tired of watching the AssyriaVision program in = central=20 valley. I mean, what's the point when the only good and nationalistic = people are=20 the ones who work for the Bet Nahrin organization? So many people = complain that=20 all Mr. Sargon Dadesho talks about are the good things that he has done = and the=20 bad things that the other people and organizations have = done!=20

A couple days ago Mr. Dadesho = went over the=20 list of the important Assyrian people of the century that was published = in=20 Zinda. He mentioned that there were 10 people who were selected by the = Zinda=20 readers but he forgot to (or maybe didn't want to) talk about one of = these=20 people, Ashur Sargis, who has a special place in the heart of the whole = Assyrian=20 nation. I would like to ask Mr. Dadesho why? Aren't you always preaching = about=20 forgiveness, love, and respect for each other as a nation? Aren't you = the one=20 who used to start his program with Ashur's songs or sing his songs in = different=20 events at Bet Nahrin? Maybe it's time for you to accept the fact that = the=20 Assyrian people have a lot of respect for their artists.=20

Ashur Sargis, we love you=20 ..."=20

Ramona Sarkis =
California


"Last week Dr.=20 Dadesho had a program on Assyria Vision T.V. where he went over the list = of the=20 most important Assyrian persons of the Twentieth Century according to = the Zinda=20 Magazine readers. He mentioned all the names except for the 20th = century's=20 Assyrian Legend Ashur Bet-Sargis (Zinda Issue 39 - 01/25/2000). I'm = pretty sure=20 he did not miss it by mistake. Is it a shame to be proud of your own = artist who=20 has devoted his whole life for making the "immortal" songs for this = nation? Or=20 maybe it's some sort of jealousy that has infected our nation in many = different=20 ways!=20

Ashur Bet-Sargis is not only one of the most = important Assyrian=20 persons of the 20th century, but the only Immortal Assyrian Legend of = all=20 time."=20

David Y. =
California


"I wrote a letter to the publisher of "The Assyrian Empire" and = here is=20 the response I got:=20

'Thank you for your interest in = our book=20 The Assyrian Empire. Most of your concerns should have been allayed by = the title=20 of our book: The Assyrian Empire: World History Series. I think that we = can both=20 agree that Assyria no longer has an empire, and thus the title indicates = that=20 this is a history book. It makes no claims to discuss modern Assyrians. = In the=20 same way that ancestors of Incan and Aztec populations still exist, but = no=20 longer have empires, this book covers the historical topic. Nowhere in = the book,=20 including the introduction, does it purport to do = otherwise.=20

It is the position of this = company that the=20 author has done a fine job of discussing an often neglected topic. I am = sorry=20 that you chose to take offense to the book. I do not think that the = author=20 claims that the Assyrian Empire was a myth. There are unprovable aspects = to that=20 empire, due to scant evidence. This the author describes, because it is=20 historical fact. Perhaps if you looked at our book in the context of a = history=20 text, rather than a commentary on modern culture, you might understand = its=20 purpose better.'=20

Bonnie Szumski =
Editorial Director=20

Sargon Tavour =
California=20

Ms. Szumski's response reflects her ignorance = of the=20 content matters of Don Nardo's book, as he clearly notes the following: = "Like=20 the Babylonians and other legendary Mesopotamian cultures, the Assyrians = had=20 long ago vanished from history's stage; and modern historians had no way = even to=20 prove their existence, much less to locate their remains."

=20

SURFERS CORNER=20

 A MESSAGE FROM TEHRAN = ASSYRIAN=20 IRANIAN ASSOCIATION

We, the Assyrians of Iran, have associated ourselves = to the=20 principals of freedom and justice to advocate the cause of good will = among=20 Assyrians through out the world and in order to:=20

  • Preserve and promote the history, culture, = language, and the=20 unity of our nation.=20
  • Dedicate ourselves to the cause of Assyrians' = liberty in the=20 historical homeland of Mesopotamia.
The Assyrians=20 of Iran have been the cradle of cultural heritage, social traditions, = and the=20 rise of the nationalistic movements to manifest our Assyrian identity = and to=20 proclaim our ultimate goal.  We have never hesitated to disseminate = our=20 message and doctrines to our other brethren around the = world.=20

The Assyrian minority in Iran has proven to be = respectful and=20 has valued other citizens.  Although sparse in its population, it = has been=20 given the right to elect its representative in the Iran's Parliament=20 (Majlis).=20

We urge and call upon all heads and coordinators of = the=20 Assyrian mass media to gather in a universal forum, to discuss and spell = out the=20 means by which we may achieve our ultimate goal.=20

In the near future you will hear from us announcing = the place=20 and time of this sacred gathering.=20

Dr. Wilson = Bet-Mansour=20
Committee on International=20 Relations
Tehran = Assyrian=20 Iranian Association
Chairman=20

Dr. Bet-Mansour was the Assyrian representative = in the=20 Iranian Parliament or Majlis from 1967 until 1975.  He has compiled = a=20 collection of color photos of the existing Assyrian artifacts and = churches in=20 Iran in a small but entirely informative book entitled "The Assyrian = Historical=20 Plates in Iran."  To learn more about the Committee on = International=20 Relations or the aforementioned book contact:=20

Tehran Assyrian Association =
Kargar Avenue, 207
Nazari=20 Avenue
Zip Code 13146
Tehran, Iran=20

Telephone:  982-164-08-165 =
Fax: 982-164-12-395

MILESTONES=20

J.C. = Adams

John Calvin Adams, whose father helped establish the = Assyrian=20 community in Turlock, died Friday at Glendale Adventist Medical Center = in=20 Glendale. He was 92 and had spent much of his adult life in Los = Angeles. =20 See this week's NEWS=20 DIGEST=20

=20


ASSYRIAN SURFING = POSTS=20
Links to Other Assyrian=20 Websites
  • The = Teaching of=20 Syriac in Lebanon: An Overview
  • Progress = Report on=20 Assyrian Academic Society's Dictionary Project
  • The = Assyrian Screen=20 Saver (Version 3.0)
=20

LITERATUS=20

AGAINST = AROUSAL

A Babylonian song, ca 2000=20 B.C.=20

Arousal is = coming upon=20 me like a wild bull,
It keeps springing at me like a dog, =
Like a lion it is fierce in=20 coming,
Like a=20 wolf it is full of fury.
Stay! I pass over you like a = threshold,=20
I walk right through = you like a=20 flimsy door,
I=20 span you like a doorway.
I turn back your approach like a = hobble,=20
I drive out the = fieriness of=20 your=20 heart.
<= /BLOCKQUOTE>


From Distant Days:  = Myths,=20 Tales, Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia,  Benjamin = Foster=20
=20

BRAVO=20


Nineveh Online

Last month, Nineveh Online received the = Britannica.com's award=20 for the "web's best site" on the general topic of Nineveh.  = Mr.=20 Albert Gabrial and his informative website was praised with the = following=20 message:=20

"Britannica.com is contacting you because our editors = have=20 selected your site as one of the best on the Internet when reviewed for = quality,=20 accuracy of content, presentation and usability.  We know quality = is always=20 difficult to accomplish and maintain. Congratulations on being a = selected member=20 of the
Britannica Internet Guide."=20

Congratulations to Mr. Gabrial and his team at nineveh.com !=20

=20

PUMP UP THE = VOLUME=20
ENGLISH
MODERN=20 ASSYRIAN
GENDER
 Difficult
as/qa 
 Masculine
 Easy
rwikhta 
Feminine 

BACK TO THE = FUTURE

BC (1809)=20

Shamshi-Adad I chooses the city of Ashur as the seat = of his new=20 kingdom.  He then appoints his son, Iasmah-Addu, as the ruler of = the city=20 of Mari on the river Euphrates.  According to the Mari archives,=20 Iasmah-Addu was lazy and immature.  Shamshi-Adad writes this letter = to his=20 son: "How much longer must we keep yo on a leading rein?  You are = like a=20 child, are you not a grown man, have you no hair on your cheek?  = How much=20 longer will you fail to direct your own household properly?"=20

Ancient Near Eastern Art, Dominique = Collon=20


AD (610-641)=20

At the beginning of the 7th century Heraklios = ascended the=20 throne of the East-Roman Empire.   After he defeated the = Persians and=20 conquered Mesopotamia, he forced his way into Syria in 612 A.D.  In = 629
A.D. he occupied Damascus. Following that = he tried=20 earnestly to restore the religious unity in his empire to unite the = Syrian,=20 Armenian, and Coptic Christians with the Byzantines. This happened on = the one=20 hand through promises and on the other hand through threats. Very often = he used=20 ruthless oppression through which many Syrians, Copts, and Armenians = became=20 martyrs. The persecution of the Syrian Church by the Byzantine Empire = did not=20 end until the appearance of Islam.=20

"A Short Overview of the = Common History=20 of the Syrian Church with Islam through the Centuries" =
Patriarchal Journal Vol. 33 = - June 1995=20 - No. 146, pp. 322-344.
=20


THIS WEEK IN=20 HISTORY

February 12, 1852:   The first set of the Assyrian winged-bulls = were put=20 on display in London's British Museum of Art.  The colossal statues = were=20 discovered by the British archeologist Sir Henry Layard and his Assyrian = assistant, Hormozd Rassam.  Rassam later went on to discover other = Assyrian=20 artifacts in northern Bet-Nahrain.=20

CALENDAR OF = EVENTS
Feb = 10
 LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"The birth of the multinational: 2000 years of = ancient=20 business history, from Ashur to Augustus"
Prof=20 Karl Moore 
6:00 PM =
School of Oriental and African Studies
Russell Sq WC1. Brunei Gallery
Enquiries=20 020-7935-5379, e-mail PEFund@compuserve.com

Feb = 19
LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"Symbolism in Assyrian art"
Paul=20 Oakes
11.15 AM
British=20 Museum, Great Russell St. WC1. 
Gallery talk=20 in Room 19

Feb = 19-20
SYDNEY,=20 AUSTRALIA
TAAAS YOUTH=20 CONFERENCE

Sponsored by the Assyrian Australian Academic=20 Society
Members $120 and Non-members=20 $145 
Beachcomber Pacific = Resort=20
Toukley NSW (90 minutes North of = Sydney) =20
The buses will depart at 7am on the 19th and = return at=20 4:45 pm on the 20th
For more = information:=20
   Ramsin Jajoo - 0414 838 = 410=20
   Assyat David - 0419 469=20 076

Feb = 28
BERKELEY,=20 CALIFORNIA
UC BERKELEY=20 LECTURE
"From the Dead Sea Scrolls = to Arabic=20 Birth Magic:  The Fallen Angels & Gilgamesh Rise = Again"=20

A lecture by Professor Martin Schwartz =
Contact:  510-642-8208

Mar = 28
LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"Reading and writing cuneiform past and = present"=20
Christopher Walker
6:30=20 PM
British Museum, Great Russell St. = WC1. Lecture=20 theatre.
Tickets 7.50 pounds =
Contact 020 7323 8566

Apr = 12
LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"Egypt through the Assyrian annals" =
Paul Collins
6:00 PM =
British Museum, Great Russell St. WC1. Lecture = Theatre=20
EES and BM Dept. of Egyptian = antiquities.=20
Non-EES members contact the EES 020 7242=20 1880

May = 27
MODESTO,=20 CALIFORNIA
FIRST=20 ASSYRIAN MIDI COMPOSERS CONFERENCE

Double Tree = Hotel=20
2:00 PM-10:00 PM = PST=20
Organized by: Nineveh On = Line
Click Here for more=20 information
What is=20 MIDI?  Click=20 Here


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Voice:      (408) = 918-9200=20
   = Fax:      (408)=20 918-9201

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