A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... covered , and this site satisfactorily identified . The ruins in Assyria and Babylonia , chiefly huge mounds , apparently of mere earth and rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only ...
... covered , and this site satisfactorily identified . The ruins in Assyria and Babylonia , chiefly huge mounds , apparently of mere earth and rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only ...
x. oldal
... covered in digging the foundations ; and under the mosque containing the tomb he was shown three very narrow and apparently ancient passages , one within the other , with several doors or apertures . He next examined the largest mound ...
... covered in digging the foundations ; and under the mosque containing the tomb he was shown three very narrow and apparently ancient passages , one within the other , with several doors or apertures . He next examined the largest mound ...
xiii. oldal
... covered are those on the palaces of Darius and Xerxes at Persepolis , over the tomb of Darius , and in the rock tablets of Behistun . The latter are by far the most extensive and valuable . They contain a history of the principal events ...
... covered are those on the palaces of Darius and Xerxes at Persepolis , over the tomb of Darius , and in the rock tablets of Behistun . The latter are by far the most extensive and valuable . They contain a history of the principal events ...
4. oldal
... covered with grass , and showing scarcely any traces of the work of man except where the winter rains had formed ... covering a considerable extent of country on the right bank of the Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had ...
... covered with grass , and showing scarcely any traces of the work of man except where the winter rains had formed ... covering a considerable extent of country on the right bank of the Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had ...
5. oldal
... covering a gentle slope , and overlooking the dark blue waters of a lake- like bay ; the richly carved cornice or ... covered with flowers of every hue . Amidst this luxuriant vegetation were partly concealed a few fragments of bricks ...
... covering a gentle slope , and overlooking the dark blue waters of a lake- like bay ; the richly carved cornice or ... covered with flowers of every hue . Amidst this luxuriant vegetation were partly concealed a few fragments of bricks ...
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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