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Creator: Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894 Contributing Institution: Vanderbilt University Divinity Library and ETANA Description: The greater part of the bas-reliefs of which representations are given in the following plates, were discovered in the ruins of the Palace of Sennacherib in the mound of Kouyunjik. Some are of the highest interest, as illustrative of events mentioned in Holy Writ. Others appear to record the co... -
Creator: Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894 Contributing Institution: Vanderbilt University Divinity Library and ETANA Description: 100 plates illustrating sculptures and bas-reliefs discovered in the Assyrian ruins of Nimroud and Kouyunjik, and believed to be the remains fo the ancient city of Nineveh. The mounds containing them were on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, near the modern city of Mosul, and were excavated ...