Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
Austen Layard
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Length 17 h 53 min
Chapters 35
First published 1853
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
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Chapters
1
Prefatory note & Preface Read by Elijah Fisher 5:28
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Chapter 2 Read by Tyrel Sorensen 19:40
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Chapter 3 Read by Tyrel Sorensen 27:37
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Chapter 4 Read by Sim 45:29
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Chapter 5 part 1 Read by Jane Bennett 46:42
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Chapter 5 part 2 Read by Jane Bennett 33:10
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Chapter 6 Read by Jane Bennett 50:12
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Chapter 7 Read by Jane Bennett 26:09
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Chapter 8 Read by ToddHW 27:58
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Chapter 9 Read by Jane Bennett 33:08
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Chapter 10 Read by Jane Bennett 31:14
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Chapter 11 part 1 Read by Jane Bennett 24:37
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Chapter 11 part 2 Read by Mary Ann Hadley 37:35
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Chapter 12 Read by Tasha Hobbs Peterson 23:50
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Chapter 13 Read by Michele Eaton 31:22
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Chapter 14 Read by Florence 32:40
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Chapter 15 Read by Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth 19:39
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Chapter 16 Read by Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth 35:36
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Chapter 17 Read by Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth 35:02
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Chapter 18 Read by Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth 30:20
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Chapter 19 Read by Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth 34:48
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Chapter 20 Read by Michele Eaton 33:48
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Chapter 20 (alternate reading) Read by Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth 28:05
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Chapter 21 Read by Sarah Irene Rosenberg 37:58
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Chapter 22 part 1 Read by Kristine Bekere 30:24
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Chapter 22 part 2 Read by Kristine Bekere 24:01
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Chapter 23 Read by ChadH94 29:56
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Chapter 24 part 1 Read by William Allan Jones 28:05
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Chapter 24 part 2 Read by Peter Dann 27:19
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Chapter 25 part 1 Read by Wilma Magastino 30:20
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Chapter 25 part 2 Read by Wilma Magastino 25:42
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Chapter 26 part 1 Read by Wilma Magastino 39:30
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Chapter 26 part 2 Read by Wilma Magastino 29:08
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Chapter 26 part 3 Read by Gini Pug 23:48
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Conclusion Read by KevinS 6:03
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