Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum

Published in 1853, volume 2 of Layard's expedition report describes the discoveries made in the ruins of Kouyunjik and Babylon.

Austen Henry Layard (Author)

9781108016780, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 August 2010

392 pages, 118 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 2.2 x 14 cm, 0.5 kg

Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) was one of the leading British archaeologists of the nineteenth century. His excavations provided important evidence about ancient Mesopotamia, particularly about the Assyrian civilisation, and his books - part travel writing, part specialised archaeological studies - are beautifully evocative. First published in 1853, this two-volume study follows the earlier Nineveh and its Remains (1849). It describes Layard's second expedition to the Near East, in 1845, which led to the identification of Kouyunjik as the great Assyrian capital Nineveh. In this richly illustrated book, Layard focuses on the description and interpretation of ruins, as he tells of the discovery of the lost palace of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (eighth century BCE) in northern Iraq. Volume 2 describes the discoveries made in the ruins of Kouyunjik, and follows Layard as he travels to the south of Iraq in search of the ruins of the mysterious Babylon.

16. Discoveries at Kouyunjik
17. The summer
18. Mehemet Pasha
19. Leave Wan
20. Discoveries at Kouyunjik during the summer
21. Preparations for leaving Nineveh
22. The Chiefs of Hillah
23. State of the ruins of Babylon
24. Ruins in Southern Mesopotamia
25. Preparations for departure
26. Results of the discoveries to chronology and history.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]