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Botta, Paul Emile (Paul)
1802 - He was born on the 6th of December in Turin, Piedmont Italy.
- He was educated as a physician.
1843 - He was French consul and archaeologist whose momentous discovery of the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, initiated the large-scale field archaeology of ancient Mesopotamia.
1870 - He died on the 29th of March in Achères, France.
- He was educated as a physician.
1843 - He was French consul and archaeologist whose momentous discovery of the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, initiated the large-scale field archaeology of ancient Mesopotamia.
1870 - He died on the 29th of March in Achères, France.
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