Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) was a British archaeologist, adventurer, and diplomat, best known for his excavations in Mesopotamia, especially those at the ancient Assyrian cities of Nimrud and Nineveh. Below,...
The Library of Ashurbanipal is an ancient library that holds great significance in the study of the ancient Near East. The Library of Ashurbanipal, located in ancient Nineveh, was the...
In the mid-19th century, archaeologists unearthed in the ancient city of Nineveh (present-day northern Iraq) a set of clay tablets, some dating more than 4,000 years old. Found on that...
