A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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... 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 great ruins on the east bank of the river ...
... 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 great ruins on the east bank of the river ...
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... party of horsemen , and fell a victim to his timidity . Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldæa as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria , his search would be vain . The " He ...
... party of horsemen , and fell a victim to his timidity . Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldæa as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria , his search would be vain . The " He ...
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... party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik , when a peasant from a distant village chanced to visit the spot . Seeing that every fragment of brick and alabaster uncovered by the workmen was carefully preserved , he asked the ...
... party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik , when a peasant from a distant village chanced to visit the spot . Seeing that every fragment of brick and alabaster uncovered by the workmen was carefully preserved , he asked the ...
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... party rose , and showed some alarm at this sudden appearance of strangers . The man , however , seeing Europeans , bid us welcome , and spreading some corn - sacks on the ground , in- vited us to be seated . The women and children ...
... party rose , and showed some alarm at this sudden appearance of strangers . The man , however , seeing Europeans , bid us welcome , and spreading some corn - sacks on the ground , in- vited us to be seated . The women and children ...
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... party was completed , and I found myself in a room * panelled with slabs about eight feet high , and varying from six to four feet in breadth . Upon one of them , which had fallen backwards from its place , was rudely inscribed , in ...
... party was completed , and I found myself in a room * panelled with slabs about eight feet high , and varying from six to four feet in breadth . Upon one of them , which had fallen backwards from its place , was rudely inscribed , in ...
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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