| Edition |
Rev. ed., Updated ed. |
| Description |
xix, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-374) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Chronology: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1515 -- I. Lost kingdoms and Biblical lands -- A legacy of civilizations -- Early travelers -- Carsten Niebuhr at Persepolis -- II. Consuls and cuneiform -- Claudius James Rich -- Diplomacy and archaeology in Baghdad -- The Euphrates expedition -- Cuneiform deciphered -- III. Palaces of kings -- Excavations at Khorsabad -- Layard of Nineveh -- Nimrud and Khorsabad -- IV. Tablets and tells -- Excavations in Babylonia -- The royal lion hunt -- The deluge tablets -- Gates and palaces -- A scramble for tablets -- Sumer discovered -- Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon -- Leonard Woolley at Carchemish -- V. Science and nationalism -- Gertrude Bell and the new Iraq -- Woolley at Ur -- Nationalism and archaeology -- Catastrophe -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Index. |
| Subject |
Iraq -- Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq.
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Archaeologists -- Iraq -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780870818677 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0870818678 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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