Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia

Including a Residence Among the Bakhtiyari and Other Wild Tribes Before the Discovery of Nineveh

Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-94) was one of the leading British archaeologists of the Victorian period. His excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh led to important discoveries about ancient Mesopotamia, particularly about the Assyrian civilisation, and his popular books such as Nineveh and its Remains (1849) brought archaeology…

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