Nimrud ivories that followed the death of Sargon II in 705 BC or when Nineveh fell and was destroyed in 612 BC. Mallowan's wife was the famous British crime novelist, Agatha Christie (1890–1976), who was fascinated with archaeology, and who accompanied her husband on the Nimrud excavations. Christie helped photograph and preserve many of the ivories found during the excavations, explaining in her autobiography that she cleaned the ivories using a fine knitting needle, an orange stick and a pot of face cream. The collection of ivories uncovered by Mallowan were divided between Iraq and Britain, where they remained at the British
Private Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon 1986 LP liner notes. Music Production Private Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon Private Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon is the eleventh studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in January 1986 by Passport Records in the United States and Canada as the sixth instalment in his "Private Parts & Pieces" album series featuring tracks that were not included on his full studio releases. "Ivory Moon" features solely piano pieces written between 1971 and 1985, and recorded in August 1985. It is Phillips's first album that does not feature his guitar work. After finalising