Austen Henry Layard, Layard Austen Henry

Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon

With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781108016773
• ISBN-10: 1108016774
• Artikelnr.: 30366780

Autorenporträt

Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) is known for his work on the excavations of Nimrud and Nineveh. He was an Assryiologist, cuneiformist, and collector.

Inhaltsangabe

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.