A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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xvii. oldal
... Plain at Sunset . The Tunnel of Negoub . An Assyrian Inscription · 35 CHAP . IV . Preparations for a Journey to Al Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast ...
... Plain at Sunset . The Tunnel of Negoub . An Assyrian Inscription · 35 CHAP . IV . Preparations for a Journey to Al Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast ...
2. oldal
... plains to which the Jew and the Gentile alike look as the cradle of their race . After a journey in Syria the thoughts naturally turn eastward ; and without treading on the remains of Nineveh and Babylon our pilgrimage is incomplete . I ...
... plains to which the Jew and the Gentile alike look as the cradle of their race . After a journey in Syria the thoughts naturally turn eastward ; and without treading on the remains of Nineveh and Babylon our pilgrimage is incomplete . I ...
3. oldal
... plain , separated from us by the river . A line of lofty mounds bounded it to the east , and one of a pyramidical form rose high above the rest . Be- yond it could be faintly traced the waters of the Zab . Its position rendered its ...
... plain , separated from us by the river . A line of lofty mounds bounded it to the east , and one of a pyramidical form rose high above the rest . Be- yond it could be faintly traced the waters of the Zab . Its position rendered its ...
5. oldal
... plain , the fragments of pottery , and the stupendous mass of brickwork occasionally laid bare by the winter rains . He has left the land where nature is still lovely , where , in his mind's eye , he can rebuild the temple or the ...
... plain , the fragments of pottery , and the stupendous mass of brickwork occasionally laid bare by the winter rains . He has left the land where nature is still lovely , where , in his mind's eye , he can rebuild the temple or the ...
7. oldal
... plains of Shinar , when the last glow of twilight faded away , and I fell asleep as we glided onward to Baghdad . My curiosity had been greatly excited , and from that time I formed the design of thoroughly examining , whenever it might ...
... plains of Shinar , when the last glow of twilight faded away , and I fell asleep as we glided onward to Baghdad . My curiosity had been greatly excited , and from that time I formed the design of thoroughly examining , whenever it might ...
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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