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the enterprising Layard used his
facility with different cultures
to get a job with the British
ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
For three years,
he served as a kind of roving reporter.
A lot of his work was very sensitive,
and negotiating with
these sorts of people.
And the skills he gained
were priceless,
but it is only a certain sort of
person who will gain those skills.
Very outgoing, very entrepreneurial,
in a way.
Never at a loss.
That's where Layard was brilliant.
Layard's new skills were just
the right mix for his next assignment.
A new kind of conflict was
heating up in the Middle East.
Ever since Napoleon had brought back
treasures from Egypt,
the great powers had been on the
lookout for archeological booty.
The idea of museums,
temples of the muses,
was one which was capturing the
imagination of 19th century Europeans.
The British, the French, the Germans
were all building these palaces
in which to place... well,
what are they going to place there?
Like Layard, the French recognized
the potential of the strange mounds
rising out of
Now they had begun to dig,
and at Khorsabad they were uncovering
some very interesting sculptures.
There was certainly a competition
between the French and the British
as to who could find
the biggest treasures
in Paris and London.
And, in fact, newspaper articles
and magazines at that time
actually described these finds
as "Trophies of empire."
To catch up with the French,
Layard persuaded the British ambassador
to fund a trial excavation
at his mound at Nimrud.
Within weeks, he was ready to begin,
instructed to keep a low profile.
On the 8th of November 1845,
having secretly procured a few tools,
and carrying with me a variety of
guns, spears and other weapons,
I declared that I was going to hunt
wild boars in a neighboring village,
and floated down the Tigris
on a small raft.
It was dark by the time Layard
arrived at the mound.
Five years had passed
since he'd first laid eyes on it.
His head was filled with excitement.
to sleep.
Visions of palaces underground,
of sculptured figures and endless
inscriptions floated before me.
for removing the earth
and extricating these treasures,
in a maze of chambers
from which I could find no outlet.
At dawn the next morning,
the resourceful young Englishman
assembled his team and set to work.
He had no experience,
very little money,
and no guarantee of success.
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