Austen Henry Layard quotes

Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist, diplomat, and art historian, renowned for his excavations in ancient Mesopotamia. His discoveries at Nineveh and Nimrud unveiled the lost cities of Assyria and brought significant artifacts to the British Museum. He contributed greatly to the study of ancient civilizations and expanded public interest in archaeology. Here are 2 of his quotes:

Who would have believed it probable or possible, before these discoveries were made, that beneath the heap of earth and rubbish which marked the site of Nineveh, there would be found the history of the wars between Hezekiah and Sennacherib, written at the very time when they took place by Sennacherib himself, and confirming even in minute details the Biblical record?

Austen Henry Layard