At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.

Of particular interest were the discoveries that Austen Henry Layard and other archaeologists had recently made at the site of Nineveh, near Mosul in modern-day Iraq. Smith spent hours at the ...

The inscription reads: I pray you remember Henry Austen Layard P.C., G.C.B. discoverer of Nineveh. He served his Queen and his country with all his heart and with all his might while representing the ...