Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia

Klappentext Descriptions of the first British and French excavations in Assyria and Babylon during the nineteenth century! first published in 1904. Zusammenfassung Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht (1859–1925) was a leading German-American archaeologist and Assyriologist. This generously illustrated book, first published in 1904, describes the early British, French and American excavations in Assyria and Babylon during the nineteenth century. It provides a valuable retrospective account and evaluation of the archaeological beginnings of Assyriology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The rediscovery of Nineveh and Babylon; 2. Exploring and surveying in the nineteenth century; 3. Excavations at the principal sites of Assyria and Babylonia.

Product details

• Authors: Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht
• Assisted by: Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht (Editor), Hilprecht Hermann Vollrat (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9781108025645
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02564-5
• No. of pages: 688
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Babylonia, Assyria, Assyrian Empires