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Item Details
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DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON 2 VOLUME PAPERBACK SET
WITH TRAVELS IN ARMENIA, KURDISTAN AND THE DESERT: BEING THE RESULT OF A SECOND EXPEDITION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM |
By: |
Austen Henry Layard |
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Multiple copy pack |
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£53.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1108016766 |
ISBN 13: |
9781108016766 |
Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
31 August, 2010 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology |
Pages: |
768 |
Description: |
An 1853 account in two volumes of the British archaeological expedition that discovered the ancient city of Nineveh. |
Synopsis: |
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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black & white illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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