A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... fires of heaven . The mystery and dread , which attached to the place , were kept up by exaggerated accounts of wild beasts , who haunted the subterraneous passages , and of the no less savage tribes who wandered amongst the ruins ...
... fires of heaven . The mystery and dread , which attached to the place , were kept up by exaggerated accounts of wild beasts , who haunted the subterraneous passages , and of the no less savage tribes who wandered amongst the ruins ...
9. oldal
... fire ; and that the gypsum 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 ...
... fire ; and that the gypsum 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 ...
14. oldal
... fire lighted up the entrance to a miserable hovel . Through a crevice in the wall , I saw an Arab family crouching round a heap of half - extinguished embers . The dress of the man , the ample cloak and white turban , showed that he ...
... fire lighted up the entrance to a miserable hovel . Through a crevice in the wall , I saw an Arab family crouching round a heap of half - extinguished embers . The dress of the man , the ample cloak and white turban , showed that he ...
16. oldal
... fire , and resembled , in every respect , the burnt gypsum of Khorsabad . Convinced from this discovery that sculptured remains must still exist in some part of the mound , I sought for a place where excavations might be commenced with ...
... fire , and resembled , in every respect , the burnt gypsum of Khorsabad . Convinced from this discovery that sculptured remains must still exist in some part of the mound , I sought for a place where excavations might be commenced with ...
17. oldal
... fire , others had escaped the conflagration . As inscriptions , and the fragment of a bas - relief had been found , it was natural to conclude that sculptures were still buried under the soil . I determined , there- fore , to explore ...
... fire , others had escaped the conflagration . As inscriptions , and the fragment of a bas - relief had been found , it was natural to conclude that sculptures were still buried under the soil . I determined , there- fore , to explore ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha 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 Pasha plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis