The Man who Found Nineveh: The Story of Austen Henry LayardBiography of Austen Henry Layard, the archaeologist who excavated the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh in the 19th century. Grades 7-10. |
Contents
I AM HENRY LAYARD 1 | 11 |
THE LONG WAY TO CEYLON 10 | 11 |
DAMASCUS TO BAGHDAD | 25 |
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