Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

Subsequent efforts, including those led by Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie, expanded the understanding of this ancient city. However, recent conflicts in the region have partially destroyed the ...

5000 B.C. (-250) The earliest known settlement of Nineveh. In 1932, Sir Max Mallowan, the eminent British archaeologist, dug a deep sounding which reached virgin soil ninety feet below the top of the ...