A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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ix. oldal
... building , which is supposed to cover the tomb , is very much venerated , and few Christians have been allowed to enter it . The Jews , in the time of St. Jerome , pointed out the sepulcher of Jonah at Gath- hepher , in the tribe of ...
... building , which is supposed to cover the tomb , is very much venerated , and few Christians have been allowed to enter it . The Jews , in the time of St. Jerome , pointed out the sepulcher of Jonah at Gath- hepher , in the tribe of ...
x. oldal
... building in the ravines . On a subse- quent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins . which is published in the collection of his journals , edited by his widow . With the exception of a small stone chair , and a few remains of ...
... building in the ravines . On a subse- quent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins . which is published in the collection of his journals , edited by his widow . With the exception of a small stone chair , and a few remains of ...
xviii. oldal
... Building in a Mound near Kouyunjik . New Chambers opened at Nimroud ,. PAGE 58 • 76 CHAPTER VI . Departure for the Tiyari Mountains . Khorsabad . Sheikh Adi . A Kurdish Encampment . A Chaldean Village . Amadiyah . A Turk- ish Governor ...
... Building in a Mound near Kouyunjik . New Chambers opened at Nimroud ,. PAGE 58 • 76 CHAPTER VI . Departure for the Tiyari Mountains . Khorsabad . Sheikh Adi . A Kurdish Encampment . A Chaldean Village . Amadiyah . A Turk- ish Governor ...
9. oldal
... building belonged to an age preceding the conquests of Alex- ander ; for it is generally admitted that after the subjugation of the west of Asia by the Macedonians , the cuneiform writing ceased to be employed . It was evident that the ...
... building belonged to an age preceding the conquests of Alex- ander ; for it is generally admitted that after the subjugation of the west of Asia by the Macedonians , the cuneiform writing ceased to be employed . It was evident that the ...
10. oldal
... buildings of a vaster and more magnificent char- acter must exist nearer the seat of government , on the banks of the river Tigris . It was true that M. Botta had labored un- successfully for above three months in the great mound ...
... buildings of a vaster and more magnificent char- acter must exist nearer the seat of government , on the banks of the river Tigris . It was true that M. Botta had labored un- successfully for above three months in the great mound ...
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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