A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinewehHarper & brothers, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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xvii. oldal
... Khorsabad . Return to Mosul , CHAPTER II . Mohammed Pashaw . His Cruelties . The State of the Country . Start for Nimroud . An Arab Family . Commence Excavations . Discov- ery of a Chamber - of Inscriptions - of Ivory Ornaments . Return ...
... Khorsabad . Return to Mosul , CHAPTER II . Mohammed Pashaw . His Cruelties . The State of the Country . Start for Nimroud . An Arab Family . Commence Excavations . Discov- ery of a Chamber - of Inscriptions - of Ivory Ornaments . Return ...
xviii. oldal
... Khorsabad . Sheikh Adi . A Kurdish Encampment . A Chaldean Village . Amadiyah . A Turk- ish Governor . Albanian Irregulars . An Albanian Chief . The Valley of Berwari . Chaldean Villages . A Kurdish Boy . Asheetha , 105 CHAPTER VII ...
... Khorsabad . Sheikh Adi . A Kurdish Encampment . A Chaldean Village . Amadiyah . A Turk- ish Governor . Albanian Irregulars . An Albanian Chief . The Valley of Berwari . Chaldean Villages . A Kurdish Boy . Asheetha , 105 CHAPTER VII ...
xxi. oldal
... Nimroud . ) Altar , or Tripod . ( From Khorsabad . ) A Nestorian House in the District of Tiyari . A Wicker Bridge across the Zab near Lizan . In page 98 In page 107 In page 125 In page 136 Assyrian Deity . On a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah .
... Nimroud . ) Altar , or Tripod . ( From Khorsabad . ) A Nestorian House in the District of Tiyari . A Wicker Bridge across the Zab near Lizan . In page 98 In page 107 In page 125 In page 136 Assyrian Deity . On a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah .
xxiii. oldal
... ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) Manacles for the Hands . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) A Galley . ( Khorsabad . ) In page 325 In page 327 In page 328 Coin probably of a City on the ...
... ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) Manacles for the Hands . ( Khorsabad and Kouyunjik . ) A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) A Galley . ( Khorsabad . ) In page 325 In page 327 In page 328 Coin probably of a City on the ...
1. oldal
... KHORSABAD . - RETURN TO MOSUL . DURING the autumn of 1839 and winter of 1840 , I had been wandering through Asia Minor and Syria , scarcely leaving untrod one spot hallowed by tradition , or unvisited one ruin consecrated by history . I ...
... KHORSABAD . - RETURN TO MOSUL . DURING the autumn of 1839 and winter of 1840 , I had been wandering through Asia Minor and Syria , scarcely leaving untrod one spot hallowed by tradition , or unvisited one ruin consecrated by history . I ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey beneath British Museum brought building carried castle cawass Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians covered cuneiform descended desert discovered district dress earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions 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 pashaw passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe uncovered valley village walls warriors winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis
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333. oldal - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
51. oldal - It was in admirable preservation. The expression was calm, yet majestic, and the outline of the features showed a freedom and knowledge of art scarcely to be looked for in the works of so remote a period.
5. oldal - He has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon' the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing.
258. oldal - ... only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
56. oldal - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
49. oldal - Bey," exclaimed one of them — " hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. "Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God...
258. oldal - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
221. oldal - ... day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
168. oldal - On the walls of the room are pasted slips of paper, upon which are written, in distorted Hebrew characters, religious exhortations, and the dates and particulars of the visits of various Jewish families. The house containing the tomb is a modern building. There are no inscriptions, nor fragments of any antiquity about the place...
51. oldal - This is not the work of men's hands," exclaimed he, "but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date-tree ; this is one of the idols which Noah, peace be with him ! cursed before the flood.