Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
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GBPSir Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) was one of the leading British archaeologists of the nineteenth century. His excavations provided important evidence about ancient Mesopotamia, particularly about the Assyrian civilisation, and his books - part travel writing, part specialised archaeological studies - are beautifully evocative. First published in 1853, this two-volume study follows the earlier Nineveh and its Remains (1849). It describes Layard's second expedition to the Near East, in 1845, which led to the identification of Kouyunjik as the great Assyrian capital Nineveh. In this richly illustrated book, Layard focuses on the description and interpretation of ruins, as he tells of the discovery of the lost palace of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (eighth century BCE) in northern Iraq. Volume 2 describes the discoveries made in the ruins of Kouyunjik, and follows Layard as he travels to the south of Iraq in search of the ruins of the mysterious Babylon.
Product details
August 2010Paperback
9781108016780
392 pages
216 × 22 × 140 mm
0.5kg
118 b/w illus. 2 maps
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Table of Contents
- 16. Discoveries at Kouyunjik
- 17. The summer
- 18. Mehemet Pasha
- 19. Leave Wan
- 20. Discoveries at Kouyunjik during the summer
- 21. Preparations for leaving Nineveh
- 22. The Chiefs of Hillah
- 23. State of the ruins of Babylon
- 24. Ruins in Southern Mesopotamia
- 25. Preparations for departure
- 26. Results of the discoveries to chronology and history.
