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Survivor: Dig Site

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Eti

Three men, one excavation, and a century-old scandal in the mudflats of southern Iraq Continue reading →

Posted in Middle East | Tagged archaeology, cuneiform tablets, Hermann Vollrath Hilprecht, Iraq, John Henry Haynes, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman Empire, photography, Robert G. Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | Leave a comment