A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... identified with Nineveh and Babylon , and could afford a clue to the site and nature of those cities . There is , at the same time , a vague mystery attaching to remains like these , which induces travellers to A 4 INTRODUCTION . vii.
... identified with Nineveh and Babylon , and could afford a clue to the site and nature of those cities . There is , at the same time , a vague mystery attaching to remains like these , which induces travellers to A 4 INTRODUCTION . vii.
viii. oldal
... natural to conclude , at 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 ...
... natural to conclude , at 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 ...
xi. oldal
... nature of this very ancient mode of writing may not be unacceptable to the reader . The epithets of cunei- form , cuneatic , arrow - headed , and wedge - shaped — tête- à - clou in French , and keilförmig in German- have been assigned ...
... nature of this very ancient mode of writing may not be unacceptable to the reader . The epithets of cunei- form , cuneatic , arrow - headed , and wedge - shaped — tête- à - clou in French , and keilförmig in German- have been assigned ...
5. oldal
... nature is still lovely , where , in his mind's eye , he can rebuild the temple or the theatre , half doubting ... nature of the ruin , it might have been confounded with a natural eminence . A long line of consecutive narrow mounds ...
... nature is still lovely , where , in his mind's eye , he can rebuild the temple or the theatre , half doubting ... nature of the ruin , it might have been confounded with a natural eminence . A long line of consecutive narrow mounds ...
9. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. equally at a loss to account for the age and the nature of the monument . The style of art of ... natural from its position to refer it to the inhabitants of Nineveh , a city , which , although it could not have ...
Austen Henry Layard. equally at a loss to account for the age and the nature of the monument . The style of art of ... natural from its position to refer it to the inhabitants of Nineveh , a city , which , although it could not have ...
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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