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Paul-Émile Botta

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French archaeologist (1802-1870)

FranceAcademicsLived 1802 to 1870 · aged 67
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Paul-Émile Botta was an Italian-born French archeologist who served as Consul in Mosul from 1842, and who discovered the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin.

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Lamassu. Bas-relief from the m wall, k door, of king Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713-716 BC. (From Botta's excavations in 1843-1844).Lamassu. Bas-relief from the m wall, k door, of king Sargon II's palace at Dur-Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713-716 BC. (From Botta's excavations in 1843-1844).

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1868Commander of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1802 to 1870 · aged 67
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21 languages

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