Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist Robert Anderson The launching of the buoy

The launching of the buoy marking the spot where the cable had been grappled

Orpheus sings the serpent to sleep before Jason cuts off its head

Brooklyn from one of the towers of the Suspension Bridge

Early Civilization in Sweden

Ephesus was the capital of the province of Asia in Roman times

Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist Robert Anderson The launching of the buoyHormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist, 1881. Rassam (1826 1910) was born in Mosul, in modern Iraq. In 1845 1847 he assisted the British archaeologist AH Layard in his first expedition to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. Rassam then studied at Oxford before being sent by the trustees of the British Museum to assist Layard on his second Assyrian expedition of 1849 1851. He subsequently continued work on various Assyrian sites, making numerous