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Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist, 1881.
Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist, 1881. Rassam (1826-1910) was born in Mosul, in modern Iraq. In 1845-1847 he assisted the British archaeologist AH Layard in his first expedition to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. Rassam then studied at Oxford before being sent by the trustees of the British Museum to assist Layard on his second Assyrian expedition of 1849-1851. He subsequently continued work on various Assyrian sites, making numerous important discoveries. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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