A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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7. oldal
... an undertaking . I also wrote to M. Botta , encouraging him to proceed , notwithstanding the apparent paucity of results , and particularly calling his attention to the mound of Nimroud , B 4 СНАР . І. ' 7 DISCOVERY OF KHORSABAD .
... an undertaking . I also wrote to M. Botta , encouraging him to proceed , notwithstanding the apparent paucity of results , and particularly calling his attention to the mound of Nimroud , B 4 СНАР . І. ' 7 DISCOVERY OF KHORSABAD .
8. oldal
... discovery owed its origin to the following circum- stances . The small party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik , when a peasant from a distant village chanced to visit the spot . Seeing that every fragment of brick and ...
... discovery owed its origin to the following circum- stances . The small party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik , when a peasant from a distant village chanced to visit the spot . Seeing that every fragment of brick and ...
10. oldal
... discovery having been communicated by M. Botta , through M. Mohl , to the French Academy of Fine Arts , that body lost no time in applying to the Minister of Public Instruction for means to carry on the researches . The recommendation ...
... discovery having been communicated by M. Botta , through M. Mohl , to the French Academy of Fine Arts , that body lost no time in applying to the Minister of Public Instruction for means to carry on the researches . The recommendation ...
12. oldal
... DISCOVERY OF A CHAMBER . OF INSCRIPTIONS . OF IVORY ORNAMENTS . -RETURN TO MOSUL . CONDUCT OF THE PASHA . EXCAVATIONS COM- MENCED AMONGST VARIOUS RUINS . RETURN TO NIMROUD . FURTHER DISCOVERIES . SELAMIYAH . DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURES ...
... DISCOVERY OF A CHAMBER . OF INSCRIPTIONS . OF IVORY ORNAMENTS . -RETURN TO MOSUL . CONDUCT OF THE PASHA . EXCAVATIONS COM- MENCED AMONGST VARIOUS RUINS . RETURN TO NIMROUD . FURTHER DISCOVERIES . SELAMIYAH . DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURES ...
16. oldal
... discovery that sculptured remains must still exist in some part of the mound , I sought for a place where excavations might be commenced with a prospect of success . Awad led me to a piece of alabaster which appeared above the soil . We ...
... discovery that sculptured remains must still exist in some part of the mound , I sought for a place where excavations might be commenced with a prospect of success . Awad led me to a piece of alabaster which appeared above the soil . We ...
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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