Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia

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"Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia" is a 19th-century travel and archaeological narrative by Austen Henry Layard recounting his explorations and observations in the regions of modern-day Iran and Iraq.

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instanceOf archaeological narrative ⓘ
book ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
about ancient Mesopotamian sites ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ
local customs and societies in Persia and Babylonia ⓘ
author Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
chronicles Austen Henry Layard’s journeys in Babylonia ⓘ
Austen Henry Layard’s journeys in Persia ⓘ
Austen Henry Layard’s journeys in Susiana ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsRegion modern-day Iran ⓘ
modern-day Iraq ⓘ
describesActivity excavation ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
survey of ruins ⓘ
field archaeology ⓘ
history ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
genre archaeology ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation archaeologist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
traveler ⓘ
hasPart accounts of travel ⓘ
archaeological observations ⓘ
ethnographic descriptions ⓘ
historicalContext European exploration of the Middle East in the 19th century ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject 19th-century Middle East ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Persia ⓘ
Susiana ⓘ
archaeological exploration ⓘ
notableFor detailed descriptions of landscapes and monuments ⓘ
first-hand accounts of early archaeological work in the region ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
relatedWork Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon ⓘ
Nineveh and Its Remains ⓘ
setInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
timeOfCreation 19th century ⓘ

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Austen Henry Layard → notableWork → Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia ⓘ