Austen Henry Layard

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Sir Austen Henry Layard was an English archaeologist, cuneiformist, historian, and politician.

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person Full name Austen Henry Layard
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Name Layard, Austen Henry
Dates (life) 5 March 1817 - 5 July 1894
Specialization Archaeology
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A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh The Monuments of Nineveh
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The Monuments of Nineveh: From Drawings Made on the Spot. Vol I., First Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. Book · Austen Henry Layard · 1853
The Monuments of Nineveh, published in 1853, is the first volume from Austen H. Layard's exploration work in the Middle East (Iraq area). This work contains one hundred plates and drawings made at the time of the artifact discovery. Most of the plates show scenes and depictions of Assyrian culture, which dates back to 1350 - 500 BCE. chrome_reader_mode Read now
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A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh: Including Bas-Reliefs From the Palace of Sennacherib and Bronzes From the Ruins of Nimroud Book · Austen Henry Layard · 1853
A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh; Including Bas-Reliefs From the Palace of Sennacherib and Bronzes From the Ruins of Nimroud, published in 1853, is the second volume from Austen H. Layard's exploration work in the Middle East (Iraq area). This work contains seventy one plates and drawings made at the time of the artifact discovery. Most of the plates show scenes and depictions of Assyrian culture, which dates back to 1350 - ... chrome_reader_mode Read now

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Name Layard, Austen Henry
Dates (life) 5 March 1817 - 5 July 1894
Birthplace Paris
Specialization Archaeology
Major works Nineveh and Its Remains, London 1849 Monuments of Nineveh 1-2, London 1849-1853 Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character, London 1851 Nineveh and Babylon, London 1853
Remarks founder of Near Eastern archaeology Excavated at Nimrud and Nineveh, 1845, 1847, 1849-1850 Honorary Ph.D., Oxford University, 1848 Biography in: A.H. Layard, Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia (1887) C.J. Gadd, The Stones of Assyria (1936) G. Waterfield, Layard of Nineveh (1963) Layard Papers (Additional MSS.), Dept. of MSS., British Library

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						====== Layard, Austen Henry ======

== Name ==
Layard, Austen Henry

== Dates ==
5 March 1817 - 5 July 1894

== Birthplace ==
Paris

== Specialization ==
Archaeology

== Major works ==
Nineveh and Its Remains, London 1849 Monuments of Nineveh 1-2, London 1849-1853 Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character, London 1851 Nineveh and Babylon, London 1853

== Remarks ==
founder of Near Eastern archaeology Excavated at Nimrud and Nineveh, 1845, 1847, 1849-1850 Honorary Ph.D., Oxford University, 1848 Biography in: A.H. Layard, Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia (1887) C.J. Gadd, The Stones of Assyria (1936) G. Waterfield, Layard of Nineveh (1963) Layard Papers (Additional MSS.), Dept. of MSS., British Library

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Layard, Austen H. A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh; Including Bas-Reliefs From the Palace of Sennacherib and Bronzes From the Ruins of Nimroud. Vol II., The Monuments of Nineveh. London, England: John Murray, 1853.
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Layard, Austen H. The Monuments of Nineveh: From Drawings Made on the Spot. Vol I., First Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. London, England: John Murray, 1853. [First published in 1849]
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