31. Stefania Ermidoro: Revisiting a Victorian explorer: Layard in the archives
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Stefania introduces us to one of the dominant figures of early assyriology--Austen Henry Layard. She guides us through the archival sources that put his famous publications in context, and reveal the man behind the legend.
3:03 Why was Layard famous?
5:34 Why study Layard?
7:50 Layard's cuneiform skills
9:24 The sources and what we learn from them
15:08 Are the archives everything or just a selection?
16:42 Do the archives agree with his publications?
18:48 Stefania's publications
Stefania's Academia
Stefania's university page
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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