A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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... brought them into contact with the Jews . Pul , the first king whose name is recorded in Scripture , having reigned between eight and nine hun . dred years before the Christian era , and about two hun dred previous to the fall of the ...
... brought them into contact with the Jews . Pul , the first king whose name is recorded in Scripture , having reigned between eight and nine hun . dred years before the Christian era , and about two hun dred previous to the fall of the ...
16. oldal
... brought us to the principal mound . The absence of all vegetation enabled me to examine the remains with which it was covered . Broken pottery and fragments of bricks , both inscribed with the cuneiform char- acter , were strewed on all ...
... brought us to the principal mound . The absence of all vegetation enabled me to examine the remains with which it was covered . Broken pottery and fragments of bricks , both inscribed with the cuneiform char- acter , were strewed on all ...
17. oldal
... brought me almost immediately to a wall , bearing inscriptions in the same charac ter as those already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as ...
... brought me almost immediately to a wall , bearing inscriptions in the same charac ter as those already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat , threatened to fall to pieces as soon as ...
20. oldal
... brought to him by the commander of the irregular troops stationed at Selamiyah , who had been watching my proceedings . I suggested that he should name an agent to be present as long as I worked at Nimroud , to take charge of all the ...
... brought to him by the commander of the irregular troops stationed at Selamiyah , who had been watching my proceedings . I suggested that he should name an agent to be present as long as I worked at Nimroud , to take charge of all the ...
21. oldal
... brought to me ; but I had afterward rea- son to suspect that it was discovered at Khorsabad . Excava tions were carried on for some time at Jerraiyah , but no remains of the Yezid temple were brought to light . Having finished my ...
... brought to me ; but I had afterward rea- son to suspect that it was discovered at Khorsabad . Excava tions were carried on for some time at Jerraiyah , but no remains of the Yezid temple were brought to light . Having finished my ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle cawass Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians cuneiform descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered district dress earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions 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 pashaw passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe uncovered valley village walls warriors winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis