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Is the Assyrian Nimrud Lens the oldest telescope in the world?

“This piece of rock crystal has been carefully ground and polished, and undoubtedly has optical properties”

Assyrian Christians fear for their future in Turkey

They are among the nearly 4,000 Assyrians left in the region after violence & poverty forced the community to leave Turkey in the 20th century

May 19th: National Memorial Day of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos

Around 1.5 million Greeks were killed, 353.000 alone in Pontos (Northern Turkey today)