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    Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (/lɛərd/; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman...
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  • beliefs described in the * Etudes sur la religion ' des Soubbas. ..." Layard, Austen Henry, Sir (1887). Early adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia,...
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    Nimrud lens (redirect from Layard lens)
    Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is an 8th-century BC piece of rock crystal which was unearthed in 1850 by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian palace...
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    It is particularly noteworthy for having been the residence of Austen Henry Layard, discoverer of Nineveh. Located on the confluence of three canals...
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    or "Delicate Temptation". In the 1840s, the British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard uncovered numerous stone carvings of winged, eagle-headed genii at...
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    28-year-old Austen Henry Layard during excavations in 1845–1847. Commenting on the inscription above the seated figure of Sennacherib, Layard wrote: Here...
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    fragile to remove. In 1847 the young British diplomat Austen Henry Layard explored the ruins. Layard did not use modern archaeological methods; his stated...
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    illustrated and exemplary monograph in 4 volumes by Botta and Flandin. Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) was in the early 1840s "a roving agent attached to the...
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  • Layard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894), British archaeologist, author, and politician Charles Peter...
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    near eastern cosmology. It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 (in fragmentary form) in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal...
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    site of Kalhu (now known as Nimrud) by the famous archaeologist Austen Henry Layard. Dating from 883–859 BC, the statue has long been admired for its...
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    in the pursuit of various explorations, including visits with Sir Austen Henry Layard to the ruins of Nineveh, he returned to England on leave of absence...
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    apparently participated on the other side. A tablet unearthed in 1854 by Austen Henry Layard in Nineveh reveals Ashurbanipal as an "avenger", seeking retribution...
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    the Kassite period. Nippur was first excavated, briefly, by Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1851. Full-scale digging was begun by an expedition from the University...
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  • with the Assyrian Empire. Tarbiṣu was excavated by Austen Henry Layard in 1850, and then Sir Henry Rawlinson under the auspices of the British Museum...
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    back from the site of Nimrud in northern Mesopotamia (Iraq) by Sir Austen Henry Layard along with other antiquities which were displayed at Canford before...
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    archaeologist Austen Henry Layard. Dated to between 883-859 BC, the sculpture is now part of the British Museum's collection. This stela was found by Layard in 1850...
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    from Ashteroth in 730–727 BC. The relief was excavated at Nimrud by Austen Henry Layard in 1851. The name Ashteroth is inscribed in cuneiform on the top...
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    was chosen as patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1830. Austen Henry Layard, who visited the area in 1847, reported that by "a very ancient tradition"...
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    of a hall in an Assyrian palace from The Monuments of Nineveh by Austen Henry Layard, 1853 A Neo-Assyrian relief of Ashur as a feather robed archer holding...
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    of Mosul. The library is an archaeological discovery credited to Austen Henry Layard; most tablets were taken to England and can now be found in the British...
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    central square of Nimrud. It was discovered by archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1846 and is now in the British Museum. It features twenty relief...
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    English traveler and diplomat Austen Henry Layard of the city of Nineveh from 1842. Among the treasures uncovered by Layard and his successor Hormuzd Rassam...
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    1849 AD by the English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh.: 95  Layard was seeking evidence to confirm the historicity...
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    peoples. The first bowls published widely had been discovered by Austen Henry Layard in 1849 in the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. The discovery...
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    Illustration of a hall in the Assyrian Palace of Ashurnasrirpal II by Austen Henry Layard (1854) Sargon II and dignitary. Low-relief from the L wall of the...
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    tablets that had been unearthed near Mosul in present-day Iraq by Austen Henry Layard, Henry Rawlinson, and Hormuzd Rassam, during the archaeological expeditions...
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    thunderbolts pursues Anzû stealing the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil's sanctuary (Austen Henry Layard Monuments of Nineveh, 2nd Series, 1853) Parents Siris...
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    Antiquities to carry on an excavation. A similar authority was cited by Austen Henry Layard for excavations at Nimrud which he mistakenly believed was Nineveh...
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  • American football player Austen Lake (1895–1964), American author Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894), English art historian Austen Pleasants (born 1997), American...
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