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The greatest library in the world was built by this ruthless king
世界上最宏伟的图书馆由这位无情的国王建造

A room in Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh with Austen Henry Layard sketching artifacts. This engraving was published in Layard’s 1853 book on the excavation at Nineveh.
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The 19th-century discovery of the library by British archaeologists was a game changer for Assyrian studies. Previously, documented sources on Ashurbanipal consisted of one reference in the Bible and often fanciful accounts of his life in later classical texts.
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