A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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23. oldal
... built of alabaster , but rapidly falling into decay . I had intended to take posses- sion of this building , which was occupied by a few Hytas or ir- regular troops ; but the rooms were in such a dilapidated con- dition that the low mud ...
... built of alabaster , but rapidly falling into decay . I had intended to take posses- sion of this building , which was occupied by a few Hytas or ir- regular troops ; but the rooms were in such a dilapidated con- dition that the low mud ...
29. oldal
... 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 , and holding a torch in his right hand , was setting ...
... 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 , and holding a torch in his right hand , was setting ...
45. oldal
... built into the S.W. palace , proving at once , from whence the greater part of the materials used in the construction of that building had been obtained . Greek Honeysuckle Ornament . Adjoining this corner - stone was a figure of ...
... built into the S.W. palace , proving at once , from whence the greater part of the materials used in the construction of that building had been obtained . Greek Honeysuckle Ornament . Adjoining this corner - stone was a figure of ...
55. oldal
... built up his shed , and watched and milked his diminutive flock of sheep and goats . I was surrounded by Arabs , who had either pitched their tents , or , too poor to buy the black goat - hair cloth of which they are made , had erected ...
... built up his shed , and watched and milked his diminutive flock of sheep and goats . I was surrounded by Arabs , who had either pitched their tents , or , too poor to buy the black goat - hair cloth of which they are made , had erected ...
73. oldal
... built , is known to every traveller in that country . The ruins of Al Hather have the same bright colour ; they look as if they had been steeped in the sunbeams . Ammianus Marcellinus , lib . xxv . cap . 8 . See Dr. Ross's Memoir in the ...
... built , is known to every traveller in that country . The ruins of Al Hather have the same bright colour ; they look as if they had been steeped in the sunbeams . Ammianus Marcellinus , lib . xxv . cap . 8 . See Dr. Ross's Memoir in 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