Nineveh and Its Remains [Christmas Summary Classics]

The Rt Hon Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB (/'??st?n 'h?nri? 'l??rd/; 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.