A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJohn Murray, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified with ...
... rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified with ...
viii. oldal
... rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was overthrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of heaven . The mystery and dread , which attached to the ...
... rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was overthrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of heaven . The mystery and dread , which attached to the ...
x. oldal
... rubbish he found a few frag- ments of pottery , bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of building in the ravines . On a subsequent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of ...
... rubbish he found a few frag- ments of pottery , bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of building in the ravines . On a subsequent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of ...
4. oldal
... rubbish which had accumulated around the base of the great mound , served to prove that it owed its construction to the people who had founded the city of which Nimroud is the remains . There was a tradition current amongst the Arabs ...
... rubbish which had accumulated around the base of the great mound , served to prove that it owed its construction to the people who had founded the city of which Nimroud is the remains . There was a tradition current amongst the Arabs ...
16. oldal
... rubbish , amongst which I found with joy the fragment of a bas - relief . The material on which it was carved had been exposed to fire , and resembled , in every respect , the burnt gypsum of Khorsabad . Convinced from this discovery ...
... rubbish , amongst which I found with joy the fragment of a bas - relief . The material on which it was carved had been exposed to fire , and resembled , in every respect , the burnt gypsum of Khorsabad . Convinced from this discovery ...
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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