A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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iii. oldal
... already commenced such an abridg- ment , when I was called away on a second expedition into Assyria , which left me no leisure for literary occupations . On my return to England , I found that several inaccurate and incomplete accounts ...
... already commenced such an abridg- ment , when I was called away on a second expedition into Assyria , which left me no leisure for literary occupations . On my return to England , I found that several inaccurate and incomplete accounts ...
7. oldal
... already commenced exca- vations on the opposite side of the river in the large mound of Kouyunjik . These excavations were on a very small scale , and , at the time of my passage , only fragments of brick and alabaster , upon which were ...
... already commenced exca- vations on the opposite side of the river in the large mound of Kouyunjik . These excavations were on a very small scale , and , at the time of my passage , only fragments of brick and alabaster , upon which were ...
15. oldal
... , and joined him outside the hovel . The day already dawned ; he had returned with six Arabs , who agreed for a small sum to work under my direction . The lofty cone and broad mound of Nimroud broke like CHAP . II . 15 NIMROUD .
... , and joined him outside the hovel . The day already dawned ; he had returned with six Arabs , who agreed for a small sum to work under my direction . The lofty cone and broad mound of Nimroud broke like CHAP . II . 15 NIMROUD .
17. oldal
... already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their ...
... already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their ...
19. oldal
... already discovered evidently belonging to the same 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 ...
... already discovered evidently belonging to the same 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 ...
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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