The British Museum's excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855:

"Geoffrey Turner has written the definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations sponsored by the British Museum at the ancient Assyrian site of Nineveh in Iraq. Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner&...

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Main Author: Turner, Geoffrey 1941-2018 (Author)
Other Authors: Russell, John Malcolm (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2021]
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East volume 115
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:"Geoffrey Turner has written the definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations sponsored by the British Museum at the ancient Assyrian site of Nineveh in Iraq. Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner's work documents the complete history of these excavations. Turner also draws on the archives and numerous additional sources to provide a detailed reconstruction of the architecture and relief sculpture in the building that was the primary focus of these excavations, the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib (ruled 705-681 BC). The result constitutes the final report both on the results of these excavations and on the original appearance of one of the ancient world's most famous buildings"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 790 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789004435377
DOI:10.1163/9789004435377

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