What we're building
A living, searchable record of the modern Assyrian people, from the Hakkari mountains and the Urmia plain to Mosul, the Khabur, and the diaspora in Chicago, Sydney, Södertälje and beyond. Every item links back to the collection it came from, so researchers can cite it and families can trace it.
Search that knows our names
Historic sources spell things a dozen ways. Search for Urmia and you'll also find Urumia and Orumiyeh; Nestorian finds Assyrian.
Explore by place and time
Walk the collection on a map of the homeland and the diaspora, or decade by decade on the timeline.
Brought into color
Some photographs have an AI-colorized version you can compare side by side with the original.
Described by the community
Recognize a face, a village or a church? Every item has a way to tell us, and we update the record.
About colorization
Colorized images are made with an AI model and are clearly marked. The colors are an informed guess based on the photograph, not a record of the original scene, so the untouched original is always one click away. Traditional dress, church vestments and regional textiles are exactly where a model is most likely to be wrong, and we welcome corrections.
Sources and rights
We prioritize material that is in the public domain or openly licensed, such as the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons. Where an image belongs to another institution or a family, we credit them on the item and link to the original. If you hold the rights to something here and want it changed or removed, email us and we'll act quickly.
Our mission
- Preserve Assyrian photographs, documents and recordings before they are lost.
- Make Assyrian history accessible to anyone, anywhere, for free.
- Connect the global Assyrian community through shared memory.
- Give researchers, teachers and students a reliable, citable source.
The archive is independent and volunteer-run. Hosting, scanning and colorization are funded by people like you.