A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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xix. oldal
... Further Discoveries in the S.W. Edifice . Sculptures . Discovery of more Tombs in the S.E. Corner - of Chambers beneath them - of a vaulted Room 243 CHAPTER XI . Excavations at Kalah Sherghat . Departure for CONTENTS . XIX.
... Further Discoveries in the S.W. Edifice . Sculptures . Discovery of more Tombs in the S.E. Corner - of Chambers beneath them - of a vaulted Room 243 CHAPTER XI . Excavations at Kalah Sherghat . Departure for CONTENTS . XIX.
9. oldal
... edifice , or to the people who were its founders . Numerous inscrip- tions , accompanying the bas - reliefs , evidently contained the explanation of the events thus recorded in sculpture , and being in the cuneiform , or arrow - headed ...
... edifice , or to the people who were its founders . Numerous inscrip- tions , accompanying the bas - reliefs , evidently contained the explanation of the events thus recorded in sculpture , and being in the cuneiform , or arrow - headed ...
10. oldal
... edifice discovered had been one of its palaces , surely other 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 ...
... edifice discovered had been one of its palaces , surely other 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 ...
11. oldal
... edifice in the empire . Their removal , notwithstanding the almost insurmountable difficulties raised by the authorities and inhabitants of Budroon , was most success- fully effected by Mr. Alison . The Elgin marbles , and all other ...
... edifice in the empire . Their removal , notwithstanding the almost insurmountable difficulties raised by the authorities and inhabitants of Budroon , was most success- fully effected by Mr. Alison . The Elgin marbles , and all other ...
19. oldal
... edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in this part of the mound until the 13th , still finding inscriptions , but no sculp tures . Some days having elapsed since my departure from Mosul , and the experiment ...
... edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in this part of the mound until the 13th , still finding inscriptions , but no sculp tures . Some days having elapsed since my departure from Mosul , and the experiment ...
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already ancient appear Arabs arms Assyrian banks bas-reliefs bricks brought building built bull called carried Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians completely containing continued covered descended described discovered district earth East edifice entrance evidently excavations face feet figures followed formed four frequently hand head horsemen horses houses inhabitants inscriptions Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurds leave lions looked lower Mosul mound mountains nature nearly night Nimroud object once opened orders origin ornaments palace party pashaw passed Persian plain present preserved priests principal probably raising reached received remains removed represented resembling rest river rocks rode round ruins scarcely sculptures sent Sheikh side similar slabs soon standing stones surrounded taken tents Tigris tion tomb town traced trees trenches tribe upper valley village walls warriors whole winged women workmen Yezidis