A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... earth and rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified ...
... earth and rubbish , had long excited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified ...
viii. oldal
... earth opposite the modern city of Mosul , and when the inhabitants of the neighbour- hood pointed out the tomb of Jonah upon the summit of one of them , it was natural to conclude , at once , that it marked the site of Nineveh . * * It ...
... earth opposite the modern city of Mosul , and when the inhabitants of the neighbour- hood pointed out the tomb of Jonah upon the summit of one of them , it was natural to conclude , at once , that it marked the site of Nineveh . * * It ...
4. oldal
... earth and bricks , covering a considerable extent of country on the right bank of the Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had been abandoned by the Bedouins , and was only occasionally visited by a few plunderers from the ...
... earth and bricks , covering a considerable extent of country on the right bank of the Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had been abandoned by the Bedouins , and was only occasionally visited by a few plunderers from the ...
15. oldal
... earth , and extricating these treasures , I fancied myself wander- ing in a maze of chambers from which I could find no outlet . Then , again , all was reburied , and I was standing on the grass- covered mound . Exhausted , I was at ...
... earth , and extricating these treasures , I fancied myself wander- ing in a maze of chambers from which I could find no outlet . Then , again , all was reburied , and I was standing on the grass- covered mound . Exhausted , I was at ...
22. oldal
... earth under which it was buried had been removed . The excavations were now carried on but slowly . The soil , mixed with sun - dried and baked bricks , pottery , and fragments of alabaster , offered considerable resistance to the tools ...
... earth under which it was buried had been removed . The excavations were now carried on but slowly . The soil , mixed with sun - dried and baked bricks , pottery , and fragments of alabaster , offered considerable resistance to the tools ...
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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