Austen Henry Layard

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Austen Henry Layard was a 19th-century British archaeologist and diplomat best known for his pioneering excavations in ancient Mesopotamia and the rediscovery of Assyrian cities and artifacts.

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Austen Henry Layard canonical 27
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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeologist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
burialPlace Canford, Dorset ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1817-03-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1894-07-05 ⓘ
educatedAt University of London ⓘ
employer British Museum ⓘ
Foreign Office of the United Kingdom ⓘ
familyName Layard ⓘ
linked to: Austen Henry Layard
fieldOfWork Assyriology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
fullName Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
givenName Austen ⓘ
Henry ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Sir ⓘ
The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor excavations at Nimrud ⓘ
excavations at Nineveh ⓘ
rediscovery of Assyrian palaces ⓘ
rediscovery of Assyrian reliefs ⓘ
rediscovery of winged human-headed bulls (lamassu) ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
notableFor pioneering excavations in ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
rediscovery of Assyrian cities and artifacts ⓘ
notableWork Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon ⓘ
Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia ⓘ
Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character from Assyrian Monuments ⓘ
Nineveh and Babylon ⓘ
Nineveh and Its Remains ⓘ
The Monuments of Nineveh ⓘ
The Monuments of Nineveh, Second Series ⓘ
occupation archaeologist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
First Commissioner of Works ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Southwark ⓘ
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Enid Guest ⓘ
workLocation Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ

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Nineveh → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Assyrian lion hunt reliefs → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Kuyunjik → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Southwest Palace of Sennacherib → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
North Palace of Ashurbanipal → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Nimrud → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Austen Henry Layard → fullName → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Austen Henry Layard → familyName → Layard ⓘ
linked to: Austen Henry Layard
Kalhu → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Library of Ashurbanipal → discoveredBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Lachish reliefs → discoveredBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Southwest Palace → discoveredBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Southwest Palace → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Gates of Nineveh → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
subject linked to: gates of Nineveh
Fortress of Sargon → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Calah → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Kalah → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Kalkhu → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Central Palace → excavatedBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Austen → relatedTo → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Austen Henry Layard → hasFamilyName → Layard ⓘ
subject linked to: Austen
linked to: Austen Henry Layard
Nineveh and Its Remains → author → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Enid Guest → spouse → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Canford, Dorset → associatedWith → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III → discoveredBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
subject linked to: the Black Obelisk
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III → discoveredBy → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
Nineveh and Babylon → author → Austen Henry Layard ⓘ