<br><p><b>Title</b>: Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon; with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the Trustees of the British museum<br><b>Identifier</b>: amongtheruins00laya (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2Famongtheruins00laya%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookyear1859">1859</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookdecade1850">1850s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookauthorLayard_Austen_Henry_1817_1894">Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894</a><br><b>Subjects</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=booksubjectScientific_expeditions">Scientific expeditions</a><br><b>Publisher</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookpublisherNew_York_Harper_Brothers">New York : Harper &amp; Brothers</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookcontributorGetty_Research_Institute">Getty Research Institute</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=booksponsorGetty_Research_Institute">Getty Research Institute</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/amongtheruins00laya/#page/n419/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/amongtheruins00laya">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookidamongtheruins00laya">All Images From Book</a><br>
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