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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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2019
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Iraq
Year: 2019, Volume: 81, Pages: 145-171 |
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Botta, Paul Émile 1802-1870
/ Chorsabad
/ Dur-Sharrukin
/ Excavation
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology |
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