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Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist best known for his excavation of the Sumerian city of Ur in the 1920s, where he famously discovered the Royal Cemetery and its artifacts.
Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist who excavated the ancient Assyrian cities of Nimrud and Nineveh in the 1840s, uncovering the palace of King Ashurbanipal.
Robert Koldewey was a German architect and archaeologist who led the excavation of Babylon from 1899 to 1917, famously discovering the foundations of the Ishtar Gate and its walls.
Max Mallowan was a British archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East, who led major excavations at sites like Nimrud and Tell Brak in Iraq during the mid-20th century.
Hormuzd Rassam was an Assyrian archaeologist who worked for the British Museum and famously discovered the Cyrus Cylinder in Babylon in 1879 and tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
