A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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8. oldal
... soon called away from the Turkish capital to the provinces ; and for some months numerous occupations prevented me turning my attention to the ruins and antiquities of Assyria . In the meanwhile M. Botta , not discouraged by the want of ...
... soon called away from the Turkish capital to the provinces ; and for some months numerous occupations prevented me turning my attention to the ruins and antiquities of Assyria . In the meanwhile M. Botta , not discouraged by the want of ...
11. oldal
... soon completed , and I started from Con- stantinople by steamer to Samsoun in the middle of October . Anxious to reach the end of my journey , I crossed the moun- tains of Pontus and the great steppes of the Usun Yilak as fast as post ...
... soon completed , and I started from Con- stantinople by steamer to Samsoun in the middle of October . Anxious to reach the end of my journey , I crossed the moun- tains of Pontus and the great steppes of the Usun Yilak as fast as post ...
16. oldal
... soon exposed to view . Similar inscriptions occupied the centre 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 ...
... soon exposed to view . Similar inscriptions occupied the centre 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 ...
17. oldal
... soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their result . It was now evident that the re- mains of buildings of considerable extent existed in the mound ; and that although some had ...
... soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their result . It was now evident that the re- mains of buildings of considerable extent existed in the mound ; and that although some had ...
19. oldal
... soon as possible , of sculptures , all my workmen were moved to the S. W. corner , where the many remains of walls already discovered evidently belonging to the same edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in ...
... soon as possible , of sculptures , all my workmen were moved to the S. W. corner , where the many remains of walls already discovered evidently belonging to the same edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations 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