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- Nimrud was neglected until 1949 CE, when archaeologist Max E. Mallowan of the University of London (husband of the mystery writer Agatha Christie) began excavations there, which lasted until 1963 CE. Mallowan uncovered the largest number of ivories in the structure known as the North West Palace (also called the Burnt Palace).
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Jan 24, 2015 · Nimrud was neglected until 1949 CE, when archaeologist Max E. Mallowan of the University of London (husband of the mystery writer Agatha Christie) began excavations there, which lasted until 1963 CE. Mallowan uncovered the largest number of ivories in the structure known as the North West Palace (also called the Burnt Palace).
- Joshua J. Mark
He directed the resumption of its work at Nimrud (previously excavated by A. H. Layard), which he published in Nimrud and its Remains (2 volumes, 1966). Mallowan gave an account of his work in his book Twenty-five Years Of Mesopotamian Discovery (1956) and his wife Agatha Christie described his work in Syria in her book Come, Tell Me How You ...
Mallowan found thousands of ivories, many of which were discovered at the bottom of wells into which they had apparently been thrown when the city was sacked, either in the turmoil that followed the death of Sargon II in 705 BC or when Nineveh fell and was destroyed in 612 BC. [13]
Aug 15, 2024 · Mallowan’s publications include Early Mesopotamia and Iran (1965), Nimrud and Its Remains, 3 vol. (1966), and Elamite Problems (1969). He also contributed (1967–68) to the Cambridge Ancient History and edited (1948–65) the Penguin series on the Near East and western Asia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1952 a team of British archaeologists, led by M. E. L. Mallowan, uncovered more than three hundred cuneiform tablets and fragments at Kalhu, modern Nimrud.
Mar 21, 2019 · This ivory carving of a young man grasping a lotus flower, a symbol of eternity, was found at Nimrud during excavations in the 1950s led by Agatha Christie's second husband, Max Mallowan.
Jan 6, 2017 · Mallowan built his career on digs in the 1950s in Nimrud, the remains of the ancient Assyrian city that survived 3,000 years only to be blown into rubble by Islamic State group conquerors last year. And Christie, then in her 60s, was there to document his work, in photo and film.
