Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish with an Account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh
Edition: Facsim.of 1929 Ed edition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781564595720
Subjects: Babylonia; Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Philosophy; Ancient - General; History - General History
First sentence: IN 1845-47, and again in 1849-51, Mr. (later Sir) A. H. Layard carried out a series of excavations among the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, " that great city, wherein are more " than sixteen thousand persons that cannot discern between " their right hand and their left; and also much cattle " (Jonah iv, II).