A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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iii. oldal
... opinions expressed in the original work , no changes on any material points have been introduced into this abridgment . I am still inclined 552 a 2 ( RECAP ) 0141910 200507 16 M to believe that all the ruins explored represent the site.
... opinions expressed in the original work , no changes on any material points have been introduced into this abridgment . I am still inclined 552 a 2 ( RECAP ) 0141910 200507 16 M to believe that all the ruins explored represent the site.
vii. oldal
... ruins in Assyria and Babylonia , chiefly huge mounds , apparently of mere earth and rubbish , had long xcited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , -of a period antecedent to ...
... ruins in Assyria and Babylonia , chiefly huge mounds , apparently of mere earth and rubbish , had long xcited curiosity from their size and evident antiquity . They were the only remains of an unknown period , -of a period antecedent to ...
viii. oldal
... ruins . Other mounds in the vicinity were identified with the hanging gardens , and those marvelous structures which tradition has attributed to two queens , Semiramis and Nitocris . The difficulty of reaching these remains , increased ...
... ruins . Other mounds in the vicinity were identified with the hanging gardens , and those marvelous structures which tradition has attributed to two queens , Semiramis and Nitocris . The difficulty of reaching these remains , increased ...
ix. oldal
... ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In the year 1820 , Mr. Rich , having been induced to visit Kurdistan for the benefit of his health , returned to ...
... ruins was of greater value , and has formed the ground - work of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In the year 1820 , Mr. Rich , having been induced to visit Kurdistan for the benefit of his health , returned to ...
x. oldal
... 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 inscriptions , Mr. Rich obtained no other As- syrian relics from the site of Nineveh ...
... 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 inscriptions , Mr. Rich obtained no other As- syrian relics from the site of Nineveh ...
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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