Rassam, Hormuzd (hôrm
zd` räsäm`), 1826–1910, Turkish archaeologist. He assisted Sir Austen Henry Layard Layard, Sir Austen Henry (lā`ərd), 1817–94, English archaeologist and diplomat.
..... Click the link for more information. in Nineveh in 1845–47 and 1849–51, studying at Oxford in the years between. While in charge (1852–54) of excavations for the British Museum, he discovered at Nineveh the palace of Assurbanipal. Later during fieldwork (1872–82) in Assyria and Babylonia he identified and partially excavated the site of Sippar. He wrote Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia (1869) and Asshur and the Land of Nimrod (1897).
zd` räsäm`), 1826–1910, Turkish archaeologist. He assisted Sir Austen Henry Layard Layard, Sir Austen Henry (lā`ərd), 1817–94, English archaeologist and diplomat...... Click the link for more information. in Nineveh in 1845–47 and 1849–51, studying at Oxford in the years between. While in charge (1852–54) of excavations for the British Museum, he discovered at Nineveh the palace of Assurbanipal. Later during fieldwork (1872–82) in Assyria and Babylonia he identified and partially excavated the site of Sippar. He wrote Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia (1869) and Asshur and the Land of Nimrod (1897).
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