A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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49. oldal
... followed by half his tribe , appeared on the edge of the trench . As soon as the two Arabs had reached the tents , and published the wonders they had seen , every one mounted his mare and rode to the mound to satisfy himself of the ...
... followed by half his tribe , appeared on the edge of the trench . As soon as the two Arabs had reached the tents , and published the wonders they had seen , every one mounted his mare and rode to the mound to satisfy himself of the ...
59. oldal
... followed a confidential servant ; who , perched on a pack - saddle , seemed to roll from side to side on two small barrels , the use of which might have been an enigma , had they not emitted a very strong smell of raki . A Christian ...
... followed a confidential servant ; who , perched on a pack - saddle , seemed to roll from side to side on two small barrels , the use of which might have been an enigma , had they not emitted a very strong smell of raki . A Christian ...
60. oldal
... followed him , and of whom he was the chief , to pitch their tents . We were now in the Wadi Ghusub , formed by a small salt stream , forcing its sluggish way through a dense mass of reeds and water shrubs , from which the valley has ...
... followed him , and of whom he was the chief , to pitch their tents . We were now in the Wadi Ghusub , formed by a small salt stream , forcing its sluggish way through a dense mass of reeds and water shrubs , from which the valley has ...
61. oldal
... followed by a large concourse of Arabs , driving their beasts of burden loaded with tents and furni- ture . He offered to conduct us to a branch of the Shammar , whose encampment we could reach before evening . We gladly accepted his ...
... followed by a large concourse of Arabs , driving their beasts of burden loaded with tents and furni- ture . He offered to conduct us to a branch of the Shammar , whose encampment we could reach before evening . We gladly accepted his ...
62. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. to the water ; the colts , as they followed , played and rolled on the grass . I spread my carpet at a distance from the group , to enjoy uninterrupted the varied scene . Rassam , now in his element , collected ...
Austen Henry Layard. to the water ; the colts , as they followed , played and rolled on the grass . I spread my carpet at a distance from the group , to enjoy uninterrupted the varied scene . Rassam , now in his element , collected ...
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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