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UNLOCKED: The Great Archaeological Discoveries, pt. 4 -- The Library of Ashurbanipal

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh

Before 1850 hardly anything was known about the city of Nineveh. There were a handful of inscriptions in an undeciphered script, and there were no material remains like buildings or artwork. And this massive uncovering shed light very suddenly on the Assyrian Empire. It went from being a complete mystery to suddenly being the best documented empire of its age,. The later Iron Age empires in Eurasia actually worked.

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