First steps in the archaeology of Assyria: Botta's letters and the "excavation house" at Khorsabad

Paolo Emilio Botta, who was sent to Mosul as the French Consul in 1842, explored at Kuyunjik and Nebi Yunus and then began investigating ancient stone foundations at Nebi Yunus. Muhammed/Mehmed Pasha and local religious leaders, who were worried that the tomb of prophet Yunus (Jonah) and a local mos...

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Main Author: Genç, Bülent 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2019
In: Iraq
Year: 2019, Volume: 81, Pages: 145-171
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Botta, Paul Émile 1802-1870 / Chorsabad / Dur-Sharrukin / Excavation
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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