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Austen Henry Layard excavations

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Austen Henry Layard

The Rt Hon Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB (/ˈɔːstɪn ˈhɛnr ˈlɛərd/; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Niniveh, where he uncovered in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal.

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