A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... once , that it marked the site of Nineveh . * * It need scarcely be observed , that the tomb of Jonah could not stand on the ruins of a palace , and that the tradition placing it there is not au- thenticated by any passage in the ...
... once , that it marked the site of Nineveh . * * It need scarcely be observed , that the tomb of Jonah could not stand on the ruins of a palace , and that the tradition placing it there is not au- thenticated by any passage in the ...
xii. oldal
... once have resembled the picture writing of Egypt , though all traces of its ideographic properties have been lost . The Assyrians , like the Egyptians , possessed at a later period a cursive writing , resembling the rounded character of ...
... once have resembled the picture writing of Egypt , though all traces of its ideographic properties have been lost . The Assyrians , like the Egyptians , possessed at a later period a cursive writing , resembling the rounded character of ...
3. oldal
... once found ourselves in the midst of foraging parties , and of tents which , an hour before , had been pillaged by the wan- dering bands of Arabs . We entered Mosul on the 10th of April . During a short stay in this town we visited the ...
... once found ourselves in the midst of foraging parties , and of tents which , an hour before , had been pillaged by the wan- dering bands of Arabs . We entered Mosul on the 10th of April . During a short stay in this town we visited the ...
6. oldal
... Once safely through the danger , he explained to me that this unusual change in the quiet face of the river was caused by a great dam which had been built by Nimrod * , and that in the autumn , before the winter rains , the huge stones ...
... Once safely through the danger , he explained to me that this unusual change in the quiet face of the river was caused by a great dam which had been built by Nimrod * , and that in the autumn , before the winter rains , the huge stones ...
8. oldal
... once to the village , which was called Khorsabad . Directing a wider trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found that he had entered a chamber , connected with others , and surrounded by slabs of ...
... once to the village , which was called Khorsabad . Directing a wider trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found that he had entered a chamber , connected with others , and surrounded by slabs of ...
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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