A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... rests upon a slender basis , and that it is doubtful whether they are to be regarded as history , or to be classed among fables . Although the names of Nineveh and Assyria have been familiar to us from childhood , and are connected with ...
... rests upon a slender basis , and that it is doubtful whether they are to be regarded as history , or to be classed among fables . Although the names of Nineveh and Assyria have been familiar to us from childhood , and are connected with ...
3. oldal
... rest . yond it could be faintly traced the waters of the Zab . sition rendered its identification easy . This was the pyramid which Xenophon had described , and near which the ten thou- sand had encamped : the ruins around it were those ...
... rest . yond it could be faintly traced the waters of the Zab . sition rendered its identification easy . This was the pyramid which Xenophon had described , and near which the ten thou- sand had encamped : the ruins around it were those ...
14. oldal
... ; while to his friendship I am indebted for many pleasant hours , which would have been passed wearily in a land of strangers . chiefs , and the rest of their persons enveloped in 14 CHAP . II . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... ; while to his friendship I am indebted for many pleasant hours , which would have been passed wearily in a land of strangers . chiefs , and the rest of their persons enveloped in 14 CHAP . II . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
15. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. chiefs , and the rest of their persons enveloped in the striped aba . Some children , nearly naked , and one or two mangy greyhounds , completed the group . As we entered , all the party rose , and showed some alarm ...
Austen Henry Layard. chiefs , and the rest of their persons enveloped in the striped aba . Some children , nearly naked , and one or two mangy greyhounds , completed the group . As we entered , all the party rose , and showed some alarm ...
16. oldal
... of all the slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the workmen to remove the rubbish trance . from the chamber , I led the rest to the 16 CHAP . II NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... of all the slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the workmen to remove the rubbish trance . from the chamber , I led the rest to the 16 CHAP . II NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
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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