Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist Otago 1895-1952) and Henry (Duke of

1895-1952) and Henry (Duke of Gloucester

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Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist Otago 1895-1952) and Henry (Duke ofHormuzd 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