A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinewehHarper & brothers, 1852 - 360 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 48 találatból.
8. oldal
... trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found that he had entered a chamber , connected with others , and surrounded by slabs of gypsum covered with sculptured representations of battles , sieges ...
... trench to be formed , and to be carried in the direction of the wall , he soon found that he had entered a chamber , connected with others , and surrounded by slabs of gypsum covered with sculptured representations of battles , sieges ...
17. oldal
... trench , opened in the side of the mound , brought me almost immediately to a wall , bearing inscriptions in the same charac- ter as those already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat ...
... trench , opened in the side of the mound , brought me almost immediately to a wall , bearing inscriptions in the same charac- ter as those already described . The slabs , which had been almost reduced to lime by exposure to intense heat ...
19. oldal
... trench in the high conical mound , but found only fragments of inscribed bricks . I also dug at the back of the north side of the chamber first explored , in the expectation of coming upon other walls beyond , but un- successfully . As ...
... trench in the high conical mound , but found only fragments of inscribed bricks . I also dug at the back of the north side of the chamber first explored , in the expectation of coming upon other walls beyond , but un- successfully . As ...
21. oldal
... to make as much progress as possible , I increased my workmen to thirty , and distributed them in * Wall e , plan 2 . † Entrance d , same plan . three parties . By opening long trenches at right angles CHAP . II . 21 RUINS OF NIMROUD .
... to make as much progress as possible , I increased my workmen to thirty , and distributed them in * Wall e , plan 2 . † Entrance d , same plan . three parties . By opening long trenches at right angles CHAP . II . 21 RUINS OF NIMROUD .
22. oldal
... trenches , into which the workmen descended by steps , where parts of the walls were ex- posed to view . The Abou - Salman and Tai Arabs continuing their depreda- tions in the plains of Nimroud and surrounding country , I deemed it ...
... trenches , into which the workmen descended by steps , where parts of the walls were ex- posed to view . The Abou - Salman and Tai Arabs continuing their depreda- tions in the plains of Nimroud and surrounding country , I deemed it ...
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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.