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Hormuzd Rassam ܗܪܡܙܕ ܪܣܐܡ | |
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| Born | 3 October 1826 Mosul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 16 September 1910 Hove, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
| Field of study | Archaeology |
Hormuzd Rassam (3 October 1826 – 16 September 1910) was an Assyrian archaeologist who discovered the ruins of Aššurbāniapli's palace and library in Nineveh. The artifacts he found were later taken by the British Museum.[1]
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- ↑ Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.