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Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum
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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology

Author: Austen Henry Layard

Date Published: August 2010
availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781108016766

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Sir 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 1 covers the beginning of Layard's journey from Constantinople to Iraq, while Volume 2 focuses on Layard's discoveries in the ruins of Kouyunjik, and his search for the ruins of Babylon.

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Product details
- Date Published: August 2010
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108016766
- length: 768 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 46 mm
- weight: 1.09kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. The trustees of the British Museum resume excavations at Nineveh
2. The Lake of Wan
3. Reception by the Yezidis
4. State of the excavations on my return to Mosul
5. Renewal of excavations at Kouyunjik
6. Discovery of grand entrance to the Palace of Kouyunjik
7. Road opened for removal of Winged Lions
8. Contents of newly-discovered chamber
9. Visit to the Winged Lions by night
10. Visit to Kalah Sherghat prevented
11. Preparations for a journey to the Khabour
12. Arban
13. Residence at Arban
14. Leave Arban
15. Departure from the Khabour. Volume 2:
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.
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Austen Henry Layard