A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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vi. oldal
... preserved but doubtful names . The Assyrians are not particularly alluded to in Holy Writ , until the period when their warlike expeditions to the west of the Euphrates brought them into contact with the Jews . Pul , the first king ...
... preserved but doubtful names . The Assyrians are not particularly alluded to in Holy Writ , until the period when their warlike expeditions to the west of the Euphrates brought them into contact with the Jews . Pul , the first king ...
xv. oldal
... preserving the national records ; and the inscribed walls of palaces and rock tablets have handed down to us the only authentic history of ancient Assyria . * Ch . iv . 1 . 7 / CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. First Journey in Assyria INTRODUCTION ...
... preserving the national records ; and the inscribed walls of palaces and rock tablets have handed down to us the only authentic history of ancient Assyria . * Ch . iv . 1 . 7 / CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. First Journey in Assyria INTRODUCTION ...
8. oldal
... preserved , he asked the reason of this , to him , strange proceeding . On being informed that they were in search of sculptured stones , he advised them to try the mound on which his village was built , and in which , he declared ...
... preserved , he asked the reason of this , to him , strange proceeding . On being informed that they were in search of sculptured stones , he advised them to try the mound on which his village was built , and in which , he declared ...
10. oldal
... preserved , by modern art , than the most exalted ambition could have contemplated . This remarkable discovery having been communicated by M. Botta , through M. Mohl , to the French Academy of Fine Arts , that body lost no time in ...
... preserved , by modern art , than the most exalted ambition could have contemplated . This remarkable discovery having been communicated by M. Botta , through M. Mohl , to the French Academy of Fine Arts , that body lost no time in ...
16. oldal
... of all 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 .
... of all 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