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Who continued the excavation of Nineveh after Layard?
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Nineveh
The partially reconstructed Nergal Gate in Nineveh, Iraq.
Following the work of Austen Henry Layard at Nineveh, the archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam was retained to continue the excavations in 1852.12
Rassam, who had previously served as an assistant to Layard, made significant discoveries at the site, including the famous lion-hunt relief of King Ashurbanipal and the remainder of the royal library, which contained portions of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Excavations at Nineveh continued intermittently in later years, notably under R. Campbell Thompson and Max Mallowan between 1929 and 1932.12