Episode R4 Dwelling of the Lions

Published: May 17, 2014, 9:51 a.m.

\u201cWhat can all this mean?\xa0 Who built this structure?\xa0 In what century did he live?\xa0 To what nation did he belong?\xa0 Are these walls telling me their tales of joy and woe?\xa0 Is this beautiful cuneiformedcharacter a language?\xa0 I know not.\xa0 I can read their glory and their victories in their figures, but their story, their age, their blood, is to me a mystery.\xa0 Their remains mark the fall of a glorious and a brilliant past, but of a past known not to a living man.\u201d \u2013 Paul-Emile Botta\nThe excavations of Botta and Layard brought the majesty of ancient Assyria into the modern world.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices