A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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iii. oldal
... Remains , " published in a cheap and popular form , would be acceptable to the public . I had already commenced such an abridg- ment , when I was called away on a second expedition into Assyria , which left me no leisure for literary ...
... Remains , " published in a cheap and popular form , would be acceptable to the public . I had already commenced such an abridg- ment , when I was called away on a second expedition into Assyria , which left me no leisure for literary ...
vii. oldal
... remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified with Nineveh and Babylon , and could afford a clue to the site and nature of those cities . There is , at ...
... remains of an unknown period , — of a period antecedent to the Macedonian conquest . Con- sequently they alone could be identified with Nineveh and Babylon , and could afford a clue to the site and nature of those cities . There is , at ...
viii. oldal
... remains , increased the curiosity and interest with which they were regarded ; and a fragment from Babylon was esteemed a precious relic , not altogether devoid of a sacred character . The ruins which might be presumed to occupy the ...
... remains , increased the curiosity and interest with which they were regarded ; and a fragment from Babylon was esteemed a precious relic , not altogether devoid of a sacred character . The ruins which might be presumed to occupy the ...
x. oldal
... remains of building in the ravines . On a subsequent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of his journals , edited by his widow . With the exception of a small stone chair , and a few remains ...
... remains of building in the ravines . On a subsequent occasion he made a general survey of the ruins , which is published in the collection of his journals , edited by his widow . With the exception of a small stone chair , and a few remains ...
2. oldal
... remains of Nineveh and Babylon our pilgrimage is incomplete . I left Aleppo , with my companion , on the 18th of March . We still travelled as we had been accustomed - without 2 CHAP . I. NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... remains of Nineveh and Babylon our pilgrimage is incomplete . I left Aleppo , with my companion , on the 18th of March . We still travelled as we had been accustomed - without 2 CHAP . I. NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
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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