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Assyrians in Iraq observe Akitu

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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

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Caucasian peoples Armenian Circassian Azerbaijani ancient Italic people Rechabite Dobuni Australian Aboriginal peoples African Americans Kizilbash

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Hormuzd Rassam

Assyriologist

Layard, drawing by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Austen Henry Layard

British archaeologist