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Syriac Heritage Museum in Iraq offers glimpse of Mesopotamian civilization

STORY: Syriac Heritage Museum in Iraq offers glimpse of Mesopotamian civilization DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Syriac Heritage Museum in Erbil STORYLINE: The Syriac Heritage Museum in Erbil, Iraq, offers a glimpse into the history of the Ankawa district and the civilization of Mesopotamia. The two-floor museum was established in 2011 and consists of many sections. The traditional Mesopotamian costumes section on the first floor displays costumes that local people still preserve and wear on some occasions. On one of its walls is a mural showing the civilizations and historical stages that Ankawa and Mesopotamia went through from the Babylonian, Assyrian and Akkadian eras, as well as Syriac history and the history of Christianity before and after the founding of Islam. In the middle of the first floor is a clay model of the ancient town of Ankawa. It simulates the ancient life and the agricultural community in Ankawa before i

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Iraqi fashion designer seeks to revive ancient Mesopotamian clothing

STORY: Iraqi fashion designer seeks to revive ancient Mesopotamian clothing DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi fashion designer Steve Al-Sati working in his workshop in Erbil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): STEVE AL-SATI, Iraqi fashion designer 3. various of Iraqi fashion designer Steve Al-Sati working in his workshop in Erbil 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): STEVE AL-SATI, Iraqi fashion designer 5. various of Steve Al-Sati's works STORYLINE: Steve Al-Sati, a young Iraqi fashion designer, seeks to revive the traditional costumes and clothes worn by the people of ancient Mesopotamia by making them by hand. Clothes, accessories, and fabrics embroidered with inscriptions and drawings dating back to the Babylonian and Assyrian eras, and traditional Chaldean costumes, were until the recent past, part of the daily life of Iraqi Christians in the Kurdistan region, Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad. But today, they have become very few because of Western fashi

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ARCHEOLOGY-MAGICAL BOWLS

(220307) -- JERUSALEM, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 7, 2022 shows an ancient magical bowl in Jerusalem. Ancient magical bowls, carrying spells and incantations scripts in the Hebrew and Babylonian-Aramaic languages, were uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ARCHEOLOGY-MAGICAL BOWLS

(220307) -- JERUSALEM, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 7, 2022 shows an ancient magical bowl in Jerusalem. Ancient magical bowls, carrying spells and incantations scripts in the Hebrew and Babylonian-Aramaic languages, were uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ARCHEOLOGY-MAGICAL BOWLS

(220307) -- JERUSALEM, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ancient magical bowls are shown in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. Ancient magical bowls, carrying spells and incantations scripts in the Hebrew and Babylonian-Aramaic languages, were uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-ARCHEOLOGY-MAGICAL BOWLS

(220307) -- JERUSALEM, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ancient magical bowls are shown in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. Ancient magical bowls, carrying spells and incantations scripts in the Hebrew and Babylonian-Aramaic languages, were uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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INTOLERANCE: LOVE'S STRUGGLES THROUGHOUT THE AGES

INTOLERANCE: LOVE'S STRUGGLES THROUGHOUT THE AGES [US 1916] Babylonian sequence Date: 1916

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INTOLERANCE

INTOLERANCE [US 1916] aka INTOLERANCE: LOVE'S STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THE AGES THE BABYLONIAN MARRIAGE MARKET INTOLERANCE [US 1916] aka INTOLERANCE: LOVE'S STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THE AGES THE BABYLONIAN MARRIAGE MARKET Date: 1916