Layard constructs a large cart to move the heavy statues, which amazed the people. A huge trench "road" was needed to get the statues from the ruins to the cart, which resulted in some accidental ...
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The Race to Crack the World’s Oldest Writing: How Four Scholars Unlocked an Ancient MysteryThe revival of interest in ancient Mesopotamian civilizations began with the discoveries of Austen Henry Layard, an archaeologist who unearthed monumental sculptures and inscriptions at the site ...
The inscription reads: I pray you remember Henry Austen Layard P.C., G.C.B. discoverer of Nineveh ... He wrote books about his discoveries. In later life he briefly took up politics.
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