A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJohn Murray, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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... Tigris to Baghdad , he visited Nimroud , and was struck by its evident antiquity . The tales of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages connected the ruins with Nim- rod's own city , and better authenticated traditions with those ...
... Tigris to Baghdad , he visited Nimroud , and was struck by its evident antiquity . The tales of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages connected the ruins with Nim- rod's own city , and better authenticated traditions with those ...
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... Tigris . A deep mystery hangs over Assyria , Babylonia , and Chaldæa . With these names are linked great nations and great cities dimly shadowed forth in history ; mighty ruins , in the midst of deserts , defying , by their very ...
... Tigris . A deep mystery hangs over Assyria , Babylonia , and Chaldæa . With these names are linked great nations and great cities dimly shadowed forth in history ; mighty ruins , in the midst of deserts , defying , by their very ...
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... Tigris , about fifty miles below its junction with the Zab . As we journeyed thither we rested for the night at the small Arab village of Hammum Ali , around which are still the ves- tiges of an ancient city . From the summit of an ...
... Tigris , about fifty miles below its junction with the Zab . As we journeyed thither we rested for the night at the small Arab village of Hammum Ali , around which are still the ves- tiges of an ancient city . From the summit of an ...
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... Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had been abandoned by the Bedouins , and was only occasionally visited by a few plunderers from the Shammar or Aneyza tents . We passed the night in the jungle which clothes the banks of the ...
... Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had been abandoned by the Bedouins , and was only occasionally visited by a few plunderers from the Shammar or Aneyza tents . We passed the night in the jungle which clothes the banks of the ...
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... Tigris on a raft , I again saw the ruins of Nim- roud , and had a better opportunity of examining them . It was evening as we approached the spot . The spring rains had clothed the mound with the richest verdure , and the fertile ...
... Tigris on a raft , I again saw the ruins of Nim- roud , and had a better opportunity of examining them . It was evening as we approached the spot . The spring rains had clothed the mound with the richest verdure , and the fertile ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians church cuneiform descended desert discovered discovery earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations Fcap feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain Portrait Post 8vo priests principal probably raft Rassam reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Second Edition Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones tents Third Edition Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village Vols walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women Woodcuts workmen Yezidis