A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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ix. oldal
... stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In the year 1820 Mr ...
... stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In the year 1820 Mr ...
x. oldal
... stones bearing inscriptions , which had probably been dis- covered in digging the foundations ; and under the mosque ... stone chair , and a few remains of inscriptions , Mr. Rich obtained no other As- syrian relics from the site of ...
... stones bearing inscriptions , which had probably been dis- covered in digging the foundations ; and under the mosque ... stone chair , and a few remains of inscriptions , Mr. Rich obtained no other As- syrian relics from the site of ...
xiv. oldal
... stone , as well as on baked clay , the two methods of perpetuating their annals adopted by the Assyrians , is of the very highest antiquity . The divine commands were first given to man on stone tables ; Job is made to exclaim , " Oh ...
... stone , as well as on baked clay , the two methods of perpetuating their annals adopted by the Assyrians , is of the very highest antiquity . The divine commands were first given to man on stone tables ; Job is made to exclaim , " Oh ...
6. oldal
... stones . Large rafts are obliged to unload before crossing it , and accidents frequently happen to those who neglect this precaution . † Diodorus Siculus , it will be remembered , states that the stones of the bridge built by Semiramis ...
... stones . Large rafts are obliged to unload before crossing it , and accidents frequently happen to those who neglect this precaution . † Diodorus Siculus , it will be remembered , states that the stones of the bridge built by Semiramis ...
8. oldal
... stones , he advised them to try the mound on which his village was built , and in which , he declared , many such things as they wanted had been exposed on digging the foundations of new houses . M. Botta , having been frequently ...
... stones , he advised them to try the mound on which his village was built , and in which , he declared , many such things as they wanted had been exposed on digging the foundations of new houses . M. Botta , having been frequently ...
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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