Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Babylonian | Modern Research Organization in the 21st Century
“When the sculptures and huge, dramatic bas-reliefs from Babylon and Nineveh, uncovered by the excavations of Layard and Rawlinson in the mid-19th century, began to arrive in Europe, the people were enthralled but they were also fickle. The greater accessibility of Egypt, and the sheer quantity of t