Behnam Abu Alsoof

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Behnam Abu Alsoof
بهنام أبو الصوف
Born1931
DiedSeptember 19, 2012
NationalityIraqi
Occupation(s)archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, academic, writer, blogger
Years active1965–2012

Behnam Nasser Nuaman Abu Alsoof (

Arabic: بهنام ناصر نعمان أبو الصوف Behnam Abu alsouf) (born 1931 in Mosul, Iraq, died September 19, 2012)[1] was an Iraqi Assyriologist, anthropologist
, historian and writer.

He was born in

Tigris River in the late 1970s to mid-1980s. He revealed several archaeological sites in Iraq, including Tell es-Sawwan in Samarra in Saladin Governorate, which was from the Stone Age.[3] He also led his work at the site of Qainj Agha near Erbil Castle to detect a wide range of archaeological evidence from the Uruk period.[4] He lectured for many years at the roots of material civilization, archeology, and history in a number of Iraq's universities and the Institute of Arab history for Graduate Studies.[citation needed
]

He wrote several books, including Pottery of Uruk Period: Origins and Spread (English language),[5] The Shadow of the Ancient Valley (Arabic language), and Iraq: The Unity of the Earth, Civilization and Human (Arabic language).

He died on September 19, 2012, in Amman, Jordan at the age of eighty due to a heart attack.[6]

Behnam Abu Alsoof opposed the idea of

Assyrian identity and that Syriac Christians are not descendants of ancient Assyrians, instead promoting the idea they are Aramaic Nestorians.[7]

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References

  1. ^ "أعلام الموصل في القرن العشرين للعلامة الدكتور عمر محمد الطالب (حرف الباء)". Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  2. ^ "brown.edu, Behnam Abu Al-Soof". Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  3. ^ "radioopensource.org/iraq in the long view Behnam abu al souf". Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. ISBN 9780306462627. Archived from the original
    on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  5. on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  6. ^ journals.cambridge.org
  7. ^ Modern Athorees (Nestorian Arameans) and their relation to Assyrians, people of Anceint Iraq Archived from http://www.abualsoof.com

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