In twenty-six exciting chapters, Austen Henry Layard chronicles his oftentimes hazardous travels throughout the Middle East and recounts the thrilling archeological findings made by his team at the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. There, his team unearthed the remains of five palaces and several temples, filled with numerous artifacts that are still a large attraction at the British Museum’s collection of Assyrian antiquities. A vividly written page-turner, Layard’s travelogue is as valuable as the historical treasure he unearthed in the desert.
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It would be impossible to overstate the historical value of Dr. Layard's Nineveh and Babylon.
—Christian Remembrancer