A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJohn Murray, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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xix. oldal
... Edifice . Sculptures . Discovery of more Tombs in the S.E. Corner of Chambers beneath them of a vaulted Room - CHAP . XI . 243 Excavations at Kalah Sherghat . Departure for the Ruins . The Bitumen Pits . Abd'rubbou . My Reception ...
... Edifice . Sculptures . Discovery of more Tombs in the S.E. Corner of Chambers beneath them of a vaulted Room - CHAP . XI . 243 Excavations at Kalah Sherghat . Departure for the Ruins . The Bitumen Pits . Abd'rubbou . My Reception ...
9. oldal
... edifice , or to the people who were its founders . Numerous inscrip- tions , accompanying the bas - reliefs , evidently contained the explanation of the events thus recorded in sculpture , and being in the cuneiform , or arrow - headed ...
... edifice , or to the people who were its founders . Numerous inscrip- tions , accompanying the bas - reliefs , evidently contained the explanation of the events thus recorded in sculpture , and being in the cuneiform , or arrow - headed ...
10. oldal
... edifice discovered had been one of its palaces , surely other buildings of a vaster and more magnificent cha- racter must exist nearer the seat of government , on the banks of the river Tigris . It was true that M. Botta had labored un ...
... edifice discovered had been one of its palaces , surely other buildings of a vaster and more magnificent cha- racter must exist nearer the seat of government , on the banks of the river Tigris . It was true that M. Botta had labored un ...
11. oldal
... edifice in the empire . Their removal , notwithstanding the almost insurmountable difficulties raised by the authorities and inhabitants of Budroon , was most successfully effected by Mr. Alison . The Elgin marbles , and all other ...
... edifice in the empire . Their removal , notwithstanding the almost insurmountable difficulties raised by the authorities and inhabitants of Budroon , was most successfully effected by Mr. Alison . The Elgin marbles , and all other ...
19. oldal
... edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in this part of the mound until the 13th , still finding inscriptions , but no sculptures . Some days having elapsed since my departure from Mosul , and the experiment ...
... edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in this part of the mound until the 13th , still finding inscriptions , but no sculptures . Some days having elapsed since my departure from Mosul , and the experiment ...
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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