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 MuseumCambridge University Press, 31 aug. 2010 - 392 sidor 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 is an account of the excavations at Kouyunjik, and also describes a journey along the Khabur river in Syria, where Layard assesses the influence of Assyrian art on the region. |
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAP XXV | 2 |
CHAP II | 23 |
CHAP III | 42 |
CHAP IV | 66 |
CHAP VI | 135 |
CHAP VII | 162 |
CHAP VIII | 176 |
Bavian Site of the Battle of Arbela Description of RockSculptures | 201 |
CHAP X | 218 |
Preparations for a Journey to the Khabour Sculptures discovered there | 234 |
CHAP XII | 272 |
CHAP XIII | 285 |
CHAP XIV | 303 |
CHAP XV | 322 |
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Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in Armenia ... Austen Henry Layard Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in Armenia ... Austen Henry Layard Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1859 |
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in ..., Volym 1 Austen Henry Layard Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
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