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Iraq. The great palace at Khorasbad of Sargon II, ruler of Assyria 2,600 years ago, has kept diggers of the University of Chicago last week by Leader Gordon Loud, was to excavate a 420 x 250 ft. temple, connected to the palace by a graceful stone viaduct and dedicated to Nabu, god of scribes and historians. Nabu's staue was gone from the central shrine where once it stood. But on the stonework bordering the steps was a prayer addressed to Nabu by King Sargon. There were carvings in wood and ivory, some of Egyptian inspiration, others bearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

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