A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... brick - work , surrounded by the accumulated 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 ...
... brick - work , surrounded by the accumulated 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 ...
ix. oldal
... bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In ...
... bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In ...
x. oldal
... 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 his journals , edited by his widow . With the ...
... 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 his journals , edited by his widow . With the ...
xiv. oldal
... bricks of Babylon- three very important and valuable discoveries . The actual state of our knowledge of the cuneiform character will enable us to ascertain the general contents of an inscription , al- though probably no one can yet give ...
... bricks of Babylon- three very important and valuable discoveries . The actual state of our knowledge of the cuneiform character will enable us to ascertain the general contents of an inscription , al- though probably no one can yet give ...
4. oldal
... bricks , discovered after a careful search amongst the 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 ...
... bricks , discovered after a careful search amongst the 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 ...
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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