A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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11. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. pense of excavations in Assyria , in the hope that , should success attend the attempt , means would be found to carry it out on an adequate scale . It was now in my power to prosecute a work ... EXCAVATIONS PROJECTED .
Austen Henry Layard. pense of excavations in Assyria , in the hope that , should success attend the attempt , means would be found to carry it out on an adequate scale . It was now in my power to prosecute a work ... EXCAVATIONS PROJECTED .
12. oldal
... EXCAVATIONS . 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 ...
... EXCAVATIONS . 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 ...
15. oldal
... excavations . I had slept little during the night . The hovel in which we had taken shelter , and its inmates , did not invite slumber ; but such scenes and companions were not new to me : they could have been forgotten , had my brain ...
... excavations . I had slept little during the night . The hovel in which we had taken shelter , and its inmates , did not invite slumber ; but such scenes and companions were not new to me : they could have been forgotten , had my brain ...
16. oldal
... excavations might be commenced with a prospect of success . Awad led me to a piece of alabaster which appeared above the soil . We could not remove it , and on digging downward , it proved to be the upper part of a large slab . I ...
... excavations might be commenced with a prospect of success . Awad led me to a piece of alabaster which appeared above the soil . We could not remove it , and on digging downward , it proved to be the upper part of a large slab . I ...
19. oldal
... excavations in this part of the mound until the 13th , still finding inscriptions , but no sculptures . Some days having elapsed since my departure from Mosul , and the experiment having been so far successful , it was time to return to ...
... excavations in this part of the mound until the 13th , still finding inscriptions , but no sculptures . Some days having elapsed since my departure from Mosul , and the experiment having been so far successful , it was time to return to ...
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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