A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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8. oldal
... soon called away from the Turkish capital to the provinces ; and for some months numerous occupations prevented me turning my attention to the ruins and antiquities of Assyria . In the meanwhile M. Botta , not discouraged by the want of ...
... soon called away from the Turkish capital to the provinces ; and for some months numerous occupations prevented me turning my attention to the ruins and antiquities of Assyria . In the meanwhile M. Botta , not discouraged by the want of ...
11. oldal
... soon completed , and I started from Constantinople by steamer to Samsoun in the middle of October . Anxious to reach the end of my journey , I crossed the mountains of Pontus and the great steppess of the Usun Yilak as fast as post ...
... soon completed , and I started from Constantinople by steamer to Samsoun in the middle of October . Anxious to reach the end of my journey , I crossed the mountains of Pontus and the great steppess of the Usun Yilak as fast as post ...
16. oldal
... soon exposed to view Similar inscriptions occupied the center 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 ...
... soon exposed to view Similar inscriptions occupied the center 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 ...
17. oldal
... soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their result . It was now evident that the remains of buildings of considerable extent existed in the mound ; and that although some had ...
... soon as uncovered . Night interrupted our labors . I returned to the village well satisfied with their result . It was now evident that the remains of buildings of considerable extent existed in the mound ; and that although some had ...
19. oldal
... soon as possible , of sculptures , all my workmen were moved o the S. W. corner , where the many remains of walls already discovered evidently belonging to the same edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in ...
... soon as possible , of sculptures , all my workmen were moved o the S. W. corner , where the many remains of walls already discovered evidently belonging to the same edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations 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