A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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v. oldal
... Assyrian antiquities , previous to the recent discoveries on the site of Nineveh . A few fragments scattered amongst ancient authors , and a list of kings of more than doubtful authenticity , is all that remains of a history of Assyria ...
... Assyrian antiquities , previous to the recent discoveries on the site of Nineveh . A few fragments scattered amongst ancient authors , and a list of kings of more than doubtful authenticity , is all that remains of a history of Assyria ...
vi. oldal
... Assyrian throne and maintained the power of the empire . Yet of these kings nothing has been preserved but doubtful names . The Assyrians are not particularly alluded to in Holy Writ , until the period when their warlike expeditions to ...
... Assyrian throne and maintained the power of the empire . Yet of these kings nothing has been preserved but doubtful names . The Assyrians are not particularly alluded to in Holy Writ , until the period when their warlike expeditions to ...
vii. oldal
... Assyrian history of modern authors . The narratives framed upon them convey useful lessons , and are , moreover ... Assyria have been familiar to us from childhood , and are connected with the earliest im- pressions we derive from the ...
... Assyrian history of modern authors . The narratives framed upon them convey useful lessons , and are , moreover ... Assyria have been familiar to us from childhood , and are connected with the earliest im- pressions we derive from the ...
viii. oldal
... Assyrian capital , were even less known , and less visited , than those in Babylonia . Several travellers had noticed the great mounds of earth opposite the modern city of Mosul , and when the inhabitants of the neighbour- hood pointed ...
... Assyrian capital , were even less known , and less visited , than those in Babylonia . Several travellers had noticed the great mounds of earth opposite the modern city of Mosul , and when the inhabitants of the neighbour- hood pointed ...
x. oldal
... Assyrian Kings . As he floated down the 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 ...
... Assyrian Kings . As he floated down the 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 ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha 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 plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis