Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
by Austen Layard
About this book
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Assyrian Empire, is a collection of thousands of clay tablets and fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BC. Among its holdings was the famous Epic of Gilgamesh.In this work, he describes his experiences upon his return to the region for a second expedition. - Summary by Soupy Proof-listened by Elijah Fisher and TriciaG.
Chapters (35)
1Chapter 1
2Chapter 2
3Chapter 3
4Chapter 4
5Chapter 5 part 1
6Chapter 5 part 2
7Chapter 6
8Chapter 7
9Chapter 8
10Chapter 9
11Chapter 10
12Chapter 11 part 1
13Chapter 11 part 2
14Chapter 12
15Chapter 13
16Chapter 14
17Chapter 15
18Chapter 16
19Chapter 17
20Chapter 18
21Chapter 19
22Chapter 20
23Chapter 20 (alternate reading)
24Chapter 21
25Chapter 22 part 1
26Chapter 22 part 2
27Chapter 23
28Chapter 24 part 1
29Chapter 24 part 2
30Chapter 25 part 1
31Chapter 25 part 2
32Chapter 26 part 1
33Chapter 26 part 2
34Chapter 26 part 3
35Conclusion
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