31. Stefania Ermidoro: Revisiting a Victorian explorer: Layard in the archives

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 public...