A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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vi. oldal
... scarcely know whom to point out . From such contradictory materials , it is not surprising that each writer should have formed a system of his own ; and we may , without incurring the charge of scepticism , treat all their efforts as ...
... scarcely know whom to point out . From such contradictory materials , it is not surprising that each writer should have formed a system of his own ; and we may , without incurring the charge of scepticism , treat all their efforts as ...
viii. oldal
... scarcely be observed , that the tomb of Jonah could not stand on the ruins of a palace , and that the tradition placing it there is not au- thenticated by any passage in the Scriptures . It is , however , received by Christians and ...
... scarcely be observed , that the tomb of Jonah could not stand on the ruins of a palace , and that the tradition placing it there is not au- thenticated by any passage in the Scriptures . It is , however , received by Christians and ...
xi. oldal
... scarcely three feet square enclosed all that remained , not only of the great city , Nineveh , but of Babylon itself ! Other museums in Europe contained a few cylinders and gems , which came from Assyria and Babylonia ; but they were ...
... scarcely three feet square enclosed all that remained , not only of the great city , Nineveh , but of Babylon itself ! Other museums in Europe contained a few cylinders and gems , which came from Assyria and Babylonia ; but they were ...
1. oldal
... scarcely leaving untrod one spot hallowed by tradition , or unvisited one ruin consecrated by history . I was accompanied by one no less curious and enthusiastic than myself . * We were both equally careless of comfort and unmindful of ...
... scarcely leaving untrod one spot hallowed by tradition , or unvisited one ruin consecrated by history . I was accompanied by one no less curious and enthusiastic than myself . * We were both equally careless of comfort and unmindful of ...
4. oldal
... scarcely any traces of the work of man except where the winter rains had formed ravines down its almost perpendicular sides , and had thus laid open its contents . A few fragments of pot- tery and inscribed bricks , discovered after a ...
... scarcely any traces of the work of man except where the winter rains had formed ravines down its almost perpendicular sides , and had thus laid open its contents . A few fragments of pot- tery and inscribed bricks , discovered after a ...
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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