From Nineveh to New York: The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School by Judith Sheila McKenzie, Judith McKenzie, Museum of Modern Art New York, Stephanie Dalley, John Malcolm Russell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art Staff

From Nineveh to New York: The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School
Judith Sheila McKenzie, Judith McKenzie, Museum of Modern Art New York, Stephanie Dalley, John Malcolm Russell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art Staff

240 pages • first pub 1997 (view editions)

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The story of Sir Austen Henry Layard's rediscovery of ancient Assyria and its fabled capital, Nineveh, is one of the great tales of the nineteenth century, uniting archaeological imperialism, genius, and romance. No less remarkable is the story of...