A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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xix. oldal
... Slabs . Discoveries in the Center of the Mound . Tomba containing Vases and Ornaments . Sculptures . Further Discoveries in the S.W. Edifice . Sculptures . Discovery of more Tombs in the S.E. Corner - of Chambers beneath them - of a ...
... Slabs . Discoveries in the Center of the Mound . Tomba containing Vases and Ornaments . Sculptures . Further Discoveries in the S.W. Edifice . Sculptures . Discovery of more Tombs in the S.E. Corner - of Chambers beneath them - of a ...
xx. oldal
... Ex- cavations carried on by Mr. Ross . His Discoveries . A Sculptured Slab and Sarcophagus . Preparations for my Return to Constantino- ple . Leave Mosul , . 812 LIST OF WOODCUTS AND PLANS . Lowering the Bull . XX CONTENTS .
... Ex- cavations carried on by Mr. Ross . His Discoveries . A Sculptured Slab and Sarcophagus . Preparations for my Return to Constantino- ple . Leave Mosul , . 812 LIST OF WOODCUTS AND PLANS . Lowering the Bull . XX CONTENTS .
8. oldal
... slabs of gypsum . M. Botta , on 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 ...
... slabs of gypsum . M. Botta , on 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 ...
9. oldal
... slabs , reduced to lime , were rapidly falling to pieces on exposure to the air . No precaution could arrest this rapid decay ; and it was to be feared that this wonderful monument had only been uncovered to complete its ruin . The ...
... slabs , reduced to lime , were rapidly falling to pieces on exposure to the air . No precaution could arrest this rapid decay ; and it was to be feared that this wonderful monument had only been uncovered to complete its ruin . The ...
16. oldal
... slab . I ordered all the men to work around it , and they shortly uncovered a second slab . Con- tinuing in the same line ... slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the ...
... slab . I ordered all the men to work around it , and they shortly uncovered a second slab . Con- tinuing in the same line ... slabs , which were in the best preservation ; but plain , with the exception of the writing . Leaving half the ...
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