In 1845, British world traveler and archaeologist Austen Henry Layard presided over the excavations of Kuyunjik and Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian cities located south of Nineveh on the Tigris river in modern Iraq. There he unearthed the lost palace of Sennacherib (containing 71 rooms and colossal bas-reliefs) and discovered the palace and library of Ashurbanipal, which housed over 20,000 cuneiform clay tablets. Nineveh and Its Remains contains an account of the incredible discoveries of the archeological dig, as well as the trials and tribulations that Layard went through to uncover and preserve these important biblical sites.
Volume one of Nineveh and Its Remains contains Layard’s concise history of Assyria’s ruins and the archeological work that was done before his arrival. It then dives headfirst into Layard’s explorations of the ancient Assyrian cities he began to unearth, and the dangers he and his workers faced as they began to uncover some of the most biblically important treasures to date.
With the Logos edition of Nineveh and Its Remains, you get unprecedented access to the most important scholarly material on the history and culture of the ancient Near East. The powerful search tools in your digital library integrate this volume with all your other digital resources, making Bible study engaging and extensive. Double-clicking any word in any language automatically opens your preferred lexicons and resources, giving you instant access to definitions, etymology, and usage examples. These advanced tools make this volume an important addition to your research library.
