Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon


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(4.5 stars; 2 reviews)

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)

Capítulos

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

Reseñas

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.