The British Museum's Excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855

by Geoffrey Turner

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 Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner's work documents the complete history of these excavations.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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004435360
• ISBN13: 9789004435360
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 816 Pages