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̽»¨Ö±²¥first ever conference to focus on the provincial archaeology of the Assyrian empire took place at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ last month. A key theme was the recent opening up of the Kurdish Autonomous Region – once at the hub of the empire – to archaeological enquiry.

Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by archaeologists working in Turkey.