A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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... received by Christians and Mussulmans , and probably originated in the spot having been once occupied by a Christian church or convent , dedicated to the pro- The first to engage in a serious examination of the vili INTRODUCTION .
... received by Christians and Mussulmans , and probably originated in the spot having been once occupied by a Christian church or convent , dedicated to the pro- The first to engage in a serious examination of the vili INTRODUCTION .
x. oldal
... , and better authenticated traditions with those of Al Athur , or Ashur , from which the whole country anciently received its name , He collected a few [ bricks bearing cuneiform characters , and proceeded with his journey X INTRODUCTION .
... , and better authenticated traditions with those of Al Athur , or Ashur , from which the whole country anciently received its name , He collected a few [ bricks bearing cuneiform characters , and proceeded with his journey X INTRODUCTION .
8. oldal
... receiving information of this discovery , went at once to the village , which was called Khorsabad . Directing a wider trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found that he had entered a chamber ...
... receiving information of this discovery , went at once to the village , which was called Khorsabad . Directing a wider trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found that he had entered a chamber ...
10. oldal
... and to the traditions which attached to it . I spoke to others , but received little encouragement . At last , in the autumn of 1845 , Sir Stratford Canning offered to incur , for a limited period , 10 CHAP . L NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... and to the traditions which attached to it . I spoke to others , but received little encouragement . At last , in the autumn of 1845 , Sir Stratford Canning offered to incur , for a limited period , 10 CHAP . L NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
13. oldal
... received me with that civility which a traveller generally expects from a Turkish functionary of high rank . His anxiety to know the object of * To eat money , i . e . , to get money unlawfully or by pillage , is a com mon expression in ...
... received me with that civility which a traveller generally expects from a Turkish functionary of high rank . His anxiety to know the object of * To eat money , i . e . , to get money unlawfully or by pillage , is a com mon expression in ...
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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