Uncovering the Ancient World

American Anatolia ancient antiquities Arab archaeology arrived Ashurbanipal Assyrian Babylon Babylonian Baghdad became began believed biblical British Museum bronze building built called century civilization close collection contained culture death discovered discovery Dynasty early East Egypt Egyptian Empire Evans evidence excavations fact father figure finds followed French gave German gods gold graves Greece Greek hand head hundred important inscriptions king Knossos known land language late later Layard legend letters London Mesopotamia mound Mycenae Nimrud Nineveh objects original palace Palestine perhaps period Persian Petrie Pharaoh pottery present probably published Rassam Rawlinson records remains represented returned revealed river royal scene Schliemann scholars sculptures seal showed side Society stone suggested Sumerian tablets temple texts thousand tomb took translation treasure Troy Valley wall Woolley written wrote