A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJohn Murray, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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... tribes who wandered amongst the ruins . Other mounds in the vicinity were identified with the hanging gardens , and those marvellous structures ... tribe of Zabulon . - The first to engage in a serious examination of viii INTRODUCTION .
... tribes who wandered amongst the ruins . Other mounds in the vicinity were identified with the hanging gardens , and those marvellous structures ... tribe of Zabulon . - The first to engage in a serious examination of viii INTRODUCTION .
xiii. oldal
... tribes subdued by that monarch , and the names of conquered kings and rebels , afford the best materials for decyphering the Assyrian character , proper names being the real clue to the value of letters . The inscriptions of Behistun ...
... tribes subdued by that monarch , and the names of conquered kings and rebels , afford the best materials for decyphering the Assyrian character , proper names being the real clue to the value of letters . The inscriptions of Behistun ...
xvii. oldal
... Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast . An Encampment . An Arab Tribe moving . The a Tents of Sofuk . Description of the Shammar Sheikh .
... Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast . An Encampment . An Arab Tribe moving . The a Tents of Sofuk . Description of the Shammar Sheikh .
3. oldal
... tribes took advantage of the confusion , and were plundering on all sides . With our usual good fortune , we succeeded in reach- ing Nisibin unmolested , although we ran daily risks , and more than once found ourselves in the midst of ...
... tribes took advantage of the confusion , and were plundering on all sides . With our usual good fortune , we succeeded in reach- ing Nisibin unmolested , although we ran daily risks , and more than once found ourselves in the midst of ...
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... tribes of the desert . A Cawass , who had been sent with us by the Pasha of Mosul , alarmed at the solitude , and dreading the hostile Arabs , left us in the wilderness , and turned home- wards . But he fell into the danger he sought to ...
... tribes of the desert . A Cawass , who had been sent with us by the Pasha of Mosul , alarmed at the solitude , and dreading the hostile Arabs , left us in the wilderness , and turned home- wards . But he fell into the danger he sought to ...
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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