The Monuments of Nineveh
The Monuments of Nineveh

Author: Austen Henry Layard

Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 9781593330682

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This large handsome volume, carefully reproduced from the original edition of 1849-53 and bound in deluxe Verona cloth, contains 170 drawings made by Layard of sculptures, bas-reliefs, and other objects discovered by him among the ruins of Nineveh.

Nineveh, the Great City
Nineveh, the Great City

Author: Lucas Pieter Petit

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789088904974

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This lavishly illustrated volume contains more than 65 chapters by international specialists, providing a detailed and thorough study of the Ancient city of Nineveh, the once-flourishing capital of the Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq.

The Conquest of Assyria
The Conquest of Assyria

Author: Mogens Trolle Larsen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1317949951

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The Conquest of Assyria tells what must surely be one of the most romantic tales of archaeological endeavour. The great cities and ancient palaces of Mesopotamia had lain buried for over two millenia, and were all but forgotten, half remembered in the Hebrew Bible and Classical texts. This volume records the dramatic finds, the decipherment of the cuneiform system of writing and the rediscovery of a lost civilisation.

From Nineveh to New York
From Nineveh to New York

Author: John Malcolm Russell

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780300064599

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The strange story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School. This volume includes previously unpublished photographs, illustrations from rare nineteenth century sources, and passages from the diary of Lady Charlotte Guest (cousin of Austen Henry Layard).