Syriac is very similar to the ancient language of Aramaic, which would have been spoken and written in the later stages of the Roman Empire and when Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have lived.

The ancient Assyrian language is classified as Akkadian; it was the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians, written in Cuneiform. To facilitate administrative tasks of the Assyrian Empire Aramaic ...

“We have identified erased texts in 10 languages that ... a text in Syriac overlays a ninth-century translation of a page from a medical treatise by the ancient Greco-Roman physician known ...

This ancient collection of liturgical ... Fr Justin is focusing on photographing the Arabic and Syriac manuscripts first to "reaffirm the Arabic-language heritage we have". The EMEL team are ...

He stressed that Christians must be allowed to celebrate their culture and rights, and the Syriac language must be officially recognized. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the rebel ...