A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJohn Murray, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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iv. oldal
... whilst still assigning the later mo- numents to the kings mentioned in Scripture , Shalma- nezer , Sennacherib , and Essarhadon , I am convinced that a considerable period elapsed between their foundation and the erection of the older ...
... whilst still assigning the later mo- numents to the kings mentioned in Scripture , Shalma- nezer , Sennacherib , and Essarhadon , I am convinced that a considerable period elapsed between their foundation and the erection of the older ...
v. oldal
... whilst of that attributed to Herodotus not a trace has been pre- served . Of later writers who have touched upon Assyrian history , Diodorus Siculus , a mere compiler , is the principal . In Eusebius , and the Armenian historians , such ...
... whilst of that attributed to Herodotus not a trace has been pre- served . Of later writers who have touched upon Assyrian history , Diodorus Siculus , a mere compiler , is the principal . In Eusebius , and the Armenian historians , such ...
xii. oldal
... whilst the cunei- form was reserved for monumental purposes . There is this great difference between the two forms of writing , which appears to point to a distinct origin , -the cunei- form runs always from left to right , the cursive ...
... whilst the cunei- form was reserved for monumental purposes . There is this great difference between the two forms of writing , which appears to point to a distinct origin , -the cunei- form runs always from left to right , the cursive ...
xiii. oldal
... whilst in the Persian there are but thirty - nine or forty , and the great apparent laxity in the use of letters and the grammar , the process of decy- phering is one of considerable difficulty , notwithstanding the aid which a version ...
... whilst in the Persian there are but thirty - nine or forty , and the great apparent laxity in the use of letters and the grammar , the process of decy- phering is one of considerable difficulty , notwithstanding the aid which a version ...
6. oldal
... whilst the interstices were filled up with molten lead . These dams greatly impeded the fleets of the conqueror in their navi- gation of the rivers of Susiana and Mesopotamia , and he caused many of them to be removed . ( Strabo , p ...
... whilst the interstices were filled up with molten lead . These dams greatly impeded the fleets of the conqueror in their navi- gation of the rivers of Susiana and Mesopotamia , and he caused many of them to be removed . ( Strabo , p ...
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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