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010 a| 2006038464;

020 a| 9780870818677 (hardcover : alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Fagan, Brian M.=| ^A58689;

245 10 a| Return to Babylon :b| travelers, archaeologists, and monuments in Mesopotamia /c| Brian M. Fagan.;

250 a| Rev. ed., Updated ed.;

300 a| xix, 386 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-374) and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Chronology: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1515 -- I. Lost kingdoms and Biblical lands -- A legacy of civilizations -- Early travelers -- Carsten Niebuhr at Persepolis -- II. Consuls and cuneiform -- Claudius James Rich -- Diplomacy and archaeology in Baghdad -- The Euphrates expedition -- Cuneiform deciphered -- III. Palaces of kings -- Excavations at Khorsabad -- Layard of Nineveh -- Nimrud and Khorsabad -- IV. Tablets and tells -- Excavations in Babylonia -- The royal lion hunt -- The deluge tablets -- Gates and palaces -- A scramble for tablets -- Sumer discovered -- Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon -- Leonard Woolley at Carchemish -- V. Science and nationalism -- Gertrude Bell and the new Iraq -- Woolley at Ur -- Nationalism and archaeology -- Catastrophe -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Index.;

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650 0 a| Archaeologistsz| Iraqv| Biography.=| ^A42969;

651 0 a| Iraqx| Antiquities.=| ^A18990;

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Return to Babylon travelers, archaeologists, and monuments in Mesopotamia / Brian M. Fagan.

Author/creator	Fagan, Brian M.
Format	Book
Edition	Rev. ed., Updated ed.
Publication Info	Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2007.
Description	xix, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq. Archaeologists--Iraq. --Biography. Iraq--Antiquities.

Contents	Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Chronology: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1515 -- I. Lost kingdoms and Biblical lands -- A legacy of civilizations -- Early travelers -- Carsten Niebuhr at Persepolis -- II. Consuls and cuneiform -- Claudius James Rich -- Diplomacy and archaeology in Baghdad -- The Euphrates expedition -- Cuneiform deciphered -- III. Palaces of kings -- Excavations at Khorsabad -- Layard of Nineveh -- Nimrud and Khorsabad -- IV. Tablets and tells -- Excavations in Babylonia -- The royal lion hunt -- The deluge tablets -- Gates and palaces -- A scramble for tablets -- Sumer discovered -- Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon -- Leonard Woolley at Carchemish -- V. Science and nationalism -- Gertrude Bell and the new Iraq -- Woolley at Ur -- Nationalism and archaeology -- Catastrophe -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-374) and index.
LCCN	2006038464
ISBN	9780870818677 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0870818678 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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