A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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iii. oldal
... far as they have been satisfactorily decyphered , have confirmed nearly all the opinions expressed in the original work , no changes on any material points have been introduced into this abridgment . I am still inclined A 2.
... far as they have been satisfactorily decyphered , have confirmed nearly all the opinions expressed in the original work , no changes on any material points have been introduced into this abridgment . I am still inclined A 2.
vi. oldal
... nearly the last of a long succession of kings who had ruled over the greater part of Asia . The later monarchs are more frequently mentioned in the Bible on account of their wars with the Jews , whom they led captive into Assyria . Very ...
... nearly the last of a long succession of kings who had ruled over the greater part of Asia . The later monarchs are more frequently mentioned in the Bible on account of their wars with the Jews , whom they led captive into Assyria . Very ...
xiii. oldal
... nearly approaching those still found amongst their descendants . When recording their victories , as was their custom , on rocks and pillars , these monarchs used the three languages spoken by their subjects . Such was the origin of ...
... nearly approaching those still found amongst their descendants . When recording their victories , as was their custom , on rocks and pillars , these monarchs used the three languages spoken by their subjects . Such was the origin of ...
9. oldal
... nearly every thing subsequently found at Khorsabad . A regret is almost felt that so precious a memorial of a great nation should have been exposed to destruction ; but as far as the object of the monument is concerned , the intention ...
... nearly every thing subsequently found at Khorsabad . A regret is almost felt that so precious a memorial of a great nation should have been exposed to destruction ; but as far as the object of the monument is concerned , the intention ...
11. oldal
... nearly three years before the repugnance of the Ottoman government could be overcome , and permission obtained to extract the sculptures from the walls of a castle , which was more jealously guarded than any similar edifice in the ...
... nearly three years before the repugnance of the Ottoman government could be overcome , and permission obtained to extract the sculptures from the walls of a castle , which was more jealously guarded than any similar edifice in the ...
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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