A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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117. oldal
... opened before us . Ionunco became eloquent when he beheld his native Alps , and named one by one the lofty peaks which sprang out of the confused heaps of hills ; that of Asheetha and several others were covered with snow . Below us was ...
... opened before us . Ionunco became eloquent when he beheld his native Alps , and named one by one the lofty peaks which sprang out of the confused heaps of hills ; that of Asheetha and several others were covered with snow . Below us was ...
151. oldal
... opened upon us . At our feet stretched the valley of Baz , its villages and gardens but specks in the distance . Beyond the valley , and on all sides of us , was a sea of mountains — peaks of form every and height , some snow - capped ...
... opened upon us . At our feet stretched the valley of Baz , its villages and gardens but specks in the distance . Beyond the valley , and on all sides of us , was a sea of mountains — peaks of form every and height , some snow - capped ...
168. oldal
... opened at daybreak . The reader may desire to learn the fate of Tkhoma . A few * At Mosul Jerums mean fines ; salian , the property tax , or taxes levied on corporations under the old system . days after my return to Mosul ...
... opened at daybreak . The reader may desire to learn the fate of Tkhoma . A few * At Mosul Jerums mean fines ; salian , the property tax , or taxes levied on corporations under the old system . days after my return to Mosul ...
210. oldal
... opened , having first copied the inscriptions , and drawn the sculptures . The excavations were recommenced , on a large scale , by the 1st of November . My working parties were distributed over the mound in the ruins of the N. W. and ...
... opened , having first copied the inscriptions , and drawn the sculptures . The excavations were recommenced , on a large scale , by the 1st of November . My working parties were distributed over the mound in the ruins of the N. W. and ...
224. oldal
... opened , at right angles , behind the northern bull . After digging about ten feet , the workmen came upon a colossal winged figure in low relief , lying flat on the brick pavement . Beyond was a similar figure , still more gigantic in ...
... opened , at right angles , behind the northern bull . After digging about ten feet , the workmen came upon a colossal winged figure in low relief , lying flat on the brick pavement . Beyond was a similar figure , still more gigantic in ...
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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