A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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xvii. oldal
... Journey to Al Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast . An Encampment . An Arab Tribe moving . The a Tents of Sofuk . Description of the Shammar Sheikh .
... Journey to Al Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast . An Encampment . An Arab Tribe moving . The a Tents of Sofuk . Description of the Shammar Sheikh .
xix. oldal
... - tions carried on by Mr. Ross . His Discoveries . A sculptured Slab and Sarcophagus . Preparations for my Return to Constantinople . Leave Mosul · 312 WOOD LIST OF WOODCUTS AND PLANS . Lowering the Bull a 2 CONTENTS . xix.
... - tions carried on by Mr. Ross . His Discoveries . A sculptured Slab and Sarcophagus . Preparations for my Return to Constantinople . Leave Mosul · 312 WOOD LIST OF WOODCUTS AND PLANS . Lowering the Bull a 2 CONTENTS . xix.
1. oldal
... leaving untrod one spot hallowed by tradition , or unvisited one ruin consecrated by history . I was accompanied by one no less curious and enthusiastic than myself . * We were both equally careless of comfort and unmindful of danger ...
... leaving untrod one spot hallowed by tradition , or unvisited one ruin consecrated by history . I was accompanied by one no less curious and enthusiastic than myself . * We were both equally careless of comfort and unmindful of danger ...
11. oldal
... leave Constantinople without acquainting any one with the object of my journey . I was furnished with the usual documents given to travellers when recommended by the Embassy , and with letters of intro- duction to the authorities at ...
... leave Constantinople without acquainting any one with the object of my journey . I was furnished with the usual documents given to travellers when recommended by the Embassy , and with letters of intro- duction to the authorities at ...
16. oldal
... the slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the workmen to remove the rubbish from the chamber , I led the rest to the 16 CHAP . II . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... the slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the workmen to remove the rubbish from the chamber , I led the rest to the 16 CHAP . II . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
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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