The Library of Ancient Wisdom — in the court of Nineveh, knowledge was power
- Posted on May 3, 2025
- By Financial Times
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom — in the court of Nineveh, knowledge was power
Selena Wisnom walks the shelves of King Ashurbanipal’s library, revealing what the books tell us about the ideas circulating in 7th-century BC Mesopotamia
