From Archaeology to Spectacle in Victorian Britain: The Case of Assyria, 1845-1854Examining the excavation of ancient Assyria by Austen Henry Layard, Shawn Malley analyzes how the stones of Assyria were deployed, by whom, and for what reasons during the mid-19th century. |
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