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📚 The Library of Ashurbanipal: The World’s First Great Archive of Knowledge
📚 The Library of Ashurbanipal: The World’s First Great Archive of Knowledge 📜Part I: Discovery Amid Ruins In the mid-1800s, long before archaeology had matured into the scientific discipline we know today, the deserts of northern Iraq were largely unexplored by Europeans. One such explorer was Austen Henry Layard, a British adventurer with a deep fascination for the biblical cities of Nineveh and Babylon. In 1849, while excavating near the village of Kuyunjik, Layard uncovered massive ruins buried under mounds of earth. These ruins belonged to Nineveh, the ancient capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — a city that had once been one of the most powerful urban centers in the ancient world.
By History Seekerabout a year ago in History
