Archaeology · Egyptology & Near Eastern Archaeology
A topic within Egyptology & Near Eastern Archaeology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Archaeology.
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George Smith
Announces the decipherment of a cuneiform tablet from Nineveh recounting a Babylonian flood story, arguing it is an independent source for the biblical flood narrative rather than derived from it.
Austen Henry Layard
Recounts the excavation of Nimrud and Nineveh, including the discovery of the palace library that would turn out to hold the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal's cuneiform archive.
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