Paul-Émile Botta

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Paul-Émile Botta was a 19th-century French archaeologist and diplomat best known for his pioneering excavations in Mesopotamia, which helped reveal the ancient Assyrian civilization.

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instanceOf French diplomat
archaeologist
diplomat
human
associatedWith Assyrian antiquities
Louvre Museum NERFINISHED
birthDate 1802-12-06
birthPlace Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
Turin NERFINISHED
burialPlace Achères-la-Forêt NERFINISHED
citizenship France
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1870-03-29
employer French government NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Botta NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Assyriology
archaeology
diplomacy
givenName Paul-Émile NERFINISHED
hasGender male
influenced European understanding of ancient Near Eastern history
development of Assyriology
knownFor discovery of the Assyrian palace at Khorsabad
early exploration of ancient Assyrian civilization
pioneering excavations in Mesopotamia
languageOfWorkOrName French
name Paul-Émile Botta NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableAchievement brought Assyrian sculptures and reliefs to the Louvre Museum
conducted one of the first large-scale archaeological digs in Mesopotamia
notableDiscovery Sargon II’s palace at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad) NERFINISHED
notableWork excavations at Khorsabad
excavations at Nineveh region
publication on the ruins of Nineveh and Assyria
occupation archaeologist
consul
diplomat
placeOfDeath Achères-la-Forêt NERFINISHED
France
positionHeld French consul at Alexandria
French consul at Jerusalem
French consul at Mosul
workedAt Khorsabad NERFINISHED
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
Mosul NERFINISHED

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Dur-Sharrukin excavatedBy Paul-Émile Botta