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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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.