Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon


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Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Assyrian Empire, is a collection of thousands of clay tablets and fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BC. Among its holdings was the famous Epic of Gilgamesh.

In this work, he describes his experiences upon his return to the region for a second expedition. - Summary by Soupy

Proof-listened by Elijah Fisher and TriciaG. (17 hr 52 min)

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Prefatory note & Preface 5:28 Gelesen von Elijah Fisher
Chapter 1 26:34 Gelesen von Evan F
Chapter 2 19:40 Gelesen von Tyrel Sorensen
Chapter 3 27:37 Gelesen von Tyrel Sorensen
Chapter 4 45:29 Gelesen von Sim
Chapter 5 part 1 46:42 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 5 part 2 33:10 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 6 50:12 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 7 26:09 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 8 27:58 Gelesen von ToddHW
Chapter 9 33:08 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 10 31:14 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 11 part 1 24:37 Gelesen von Jane Bennett
Chapter 11 part 2 37:35 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 12 23:50 Gelesen von Tasha Hobbs Peterson
Chapter 13 31:22 Gelesen von Michele Eaton
Chapter 14 32:40 Gelesen von Florence
Chapter 15 19:39 Gelesen von Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
Chapter 16 35:36 Gelesen von Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
Chapter 17 35:02 Gelesen von Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
Chapter 18 30:20 Gelesen von Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
Chapter 19 34:48 Gelesen von Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
Chapter 20 33:48 Gelesen von Michele Eaton
Chapter 20 (alternate reading) 28:05 Gelesen von Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth
Chapter 21 37:58 Gelesen von Sarah Irene Rosenberg
Chapter 22 part 1 30:24 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Chapter 22 part 2 24:01 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Chapter 23 29:56 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter 24 part 1 28:05 Gelesen von William Allan Jones
Chapter 24 part 2 27:19 Gelesen von Peter Dann
Chapter 25 part 1 30:20 Gelesen von Wilma Magastino
Chapter 25 part 2 25:42 Gelesen von Wilma Magastino
Chapter 26 part 1 39:30 Gelesen von Wilma Magastino
Chapter 26 part 2 29:08 Gelesen von Wilma Magastino
Chapter 26 part 3 23:48 Gelesen von Gini Pug
Conclusion 6:03 Gelesen von KevinS

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Informative & Entertaining Historical Account


(4 stars)

In his first hand account of exploring the Middle East of the 1850s, while digging in the ruins of ancient Assyria & Babylon, Layard shares unparallelled insights into both eras and allows us to take a fresh perspective on the world we live in today. (Most of the readers were excellent although a couple were difficult to understand)


(5 stars)

Fantastic readers! Thank you all! I could listen to endless histories read by each of these readers.