A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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24. oldal
... brought by the early Turkish Sultans from the north of Asia Minor , to people a country which had been laid waste by repeated massacres and foreign invasions . In this portion of the Ottoman Empire , there is scarcely , except in Mosul ...
... brought by the early Turkish Sultans from the north of Asia Minor , to people a country which had been laid waste by repeated massacres and foreign invasions . In this portion of the Ottoman Empire , there is scarcely , except in Mosul ...
25. oldal
... brought from another building , was richly orna- mented with flowers and scroll - work in relief ; but there were no sculptures ; nor could any idea be yet formed of the relative position of the walls . I therefore ordered a trench to ...
... brought from another building , was richly orna- mented with flowers and scroll - work in relief ; but there were no sculptures ; nor could any idea be yet formed of the relative position of the walls . I therefore ordered a trench to ...
28. oldal
... the inscrip- tion ; and as the next slab was reversed , it was evident that both had been brought from another building . * Ezekiel , xxvii . 20 . • The lower bas - relief on the same slab 28 СНАР . ІІ . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... the inscrip- tion ; and as the next slab was reversed , it was evident that both had been brought from another building . * Ezekiel , xxvii . 20 . • The lower bas - relief on the same slab 28 СНАР . ІІ . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
29. oldal
... brought up to the wall by an inclined plane apparently built of boughs of trees and rubbish . These figures were out of all proportion when compared with the size of the building . A warrior with a pointed helmet , bending on one knee ...
... brought up to the wall by an inclined plane apparently built of boughs of trees and rubbish . These figures were out of all proportion when compared with the size of the building . A warrior with a pointed helmet , bending on one knee ...
30. oldal
... brought him more stringent orders than any he had yet received , and that on no account was he to permit me to carry on the excavation . Surprised at this inconsistency , I returned to Mosul early next day , and again called upon the ...
... brought him more stringent orders than any he had yet received , and that on no account was he to permit me to carry on the excavation . Surprised at this inconsistency , I returned to Mosul early next day , and again called upon the ...
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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 human-headed 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 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