Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 2 of 2

Note 37 — Chapter IV · ANOTHER GROUP OF ARCHÆOLOGISTS AND EXPLORERS.—THE SPOILS OF XANTHUS, OF BABYLON, OF NINEVEH, OF HALICARNASSUS, AND OF CARTHAGE.

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Comp. ‘Asshur builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah.’—Gen. x, 11. Mr. Layard quotes this passage, in Nineveh and its Remains (vol. i, p. 4, edit. 1849), and seems to identify ‘Kalah Sherghat’ as retaining its ancient name.

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