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 Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner&...
| Published in: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2021]
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East (volume 115)
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Turner, Geoffrey, 1941-2018, The British Museum's excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855] (2022) (Ermidoro, Stefania)
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| Series/Journal: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East
volume 115 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
British Museum
/ Layard, Austen Henry 1817-1894
/ Excavation
/ Palast Sanheribs (Ninive)
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| Further subjects: | B
British Museum
B Architecture, Assyro-Babylonian B Excavations (archaeology) (Iraq) B Relief (Sculpture), Assyro-Babylonian B Nineveh (Extinct city) B Layard, Austen Henry (1817-1894) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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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 Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner's work documents the complete history of these excavations.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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004435360 |