Excerpt from The Buried City of the East, Nineveh: A Narrative of the Discoveries of Mr. Layard and M. Botta at Nimroud and Khorsabad; With Descriptions of the Exhumed Sculptures, and Particulars of the Early History of the Ancient Ninevite KingdomTo the world by the private enterprise of an English publisher. Botta, on the contrary, found his way into print at the expense of the French nation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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