Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

THE RESURRECTION OF ASSYRIA AND
BABYLONIA
BY PROFESSOR H. V. HILPRECHT, PH.D., D.D., LL.D.
The history of the exploration of Assyria and Babylonia
and of the excavation of its ruined cities is a peculiar one. It
Nineveh and Bab v Ion ! What
is
a history so tull of
dramatic effects
genuine
and
surprises,
and at the same time
so unique and farreaching
in its results
and bearings upon
so many different
branches ot science,
that it will always
read more like a
thrilling
penned by the
romance
skilful
hand ot a fitted
writer endowed with
an extraordinary
power of imagination
than like a plain
and sober presentation
of actual tacts
and events.
illustrious names and
prominent types of human strength, intellectual
loftv aspiration ;
In the Trenches or Nuffa
power, and
but also what terrible examples of atrocious
deeds, of lack of restraint, of moral corruption, and ultimate