A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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... Tigris to Baghdad , he visited Nimroud , and was struck by its evident antiquity . The tales of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages connected the ruins with Nim- rod's own city , and better authenticated traditions with those ...
... Tigris to Baghdad , he visited Nimroud , and was struck by its evident antiquity . The tales of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages connected the ruins with Nim- rod's own city , and better authenticated traditions with those ...
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... Tigris . A deep mystery hangs over Assyria , Babylonia , and Chaldæa . With these names are linked great nations and great cities dimly shadowed forth in history ; mighty ruins , in the midst of deserts , defying , by their very ...
... Tigris . A deep mystery hangs over Assyria , Babylonia , and Chaldæa . With these names are linked great nations and great cities dimly shadowed forth in history ; mighty ruins , in the midst of deserts , defying , by their very ...
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... Tigris , about fifty miles below its junction with the Zab . As we journeyed thither we rested for the night at the small Arab village of Hammum Ali , around which are still the ves- tiges of an ancient city . From the summit of an ...
... Tigris , about fifty miles below its junction with the Zab . As we journeyed thither we rested for the night at the small Arab village of Hammum Ali , around which are still the ves- tiges of an ancient city . From the summit of an ...
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... Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had been abandoned by the Bedouins , and was only occasionally visited by a few plunderers from the Shammar or Aneyza tents . We passed the night in the jungle which clothes the banks of the ...
... Tigris . At the time of our visit the country had been abandoned by the Bedouins , and was only occasionally visited by a few plunderers from the Shammar or Aneyza tents . We passed the night in the jungle which clothes the banks of the ...
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... Tigris on a raft , I again saw the ruins of Nim- roud , and had a better opportunity of examining them . It was evening as we approached the spot . The spring rains had clothed the mound with the richest verdure , and the fertile ...
... Tigris on a raft , I again saw the ruins of Nim- roud , and had a better opportunity of examining them . It was evening as we approached the spot . The spring rains had clothed the mound with the richest verdure , and the fertile ...
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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