A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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31. oldal
... present no difficulty . Please God , the Cadi and Mufti have profited by the lesson which your Excellency gave to the ill - mannered Ulema of that city . " " In Siwas , " returned he , immediately understanding my mean- ing , " I had ...
... present no difficulty . Please God , the Cadi and Mufti have profited by the lesson which your Excellency gave to the ill - mannered Ulema of that city . " " In Siwas , " returned he , immediately understanding my mean- ing , " I had ...
38. oldal
... present to humor them , and made it a personal request that I would , for the time , suspend the excavations . I consented with regret ; and once more returned to Nimroud , without being able to gratify the ardent curiosity I felt to ...
... present to humor them , and made it a personal request that I would , for the time , suspend the excavations . I consented with regret ; and once more returned to Nimroud , without being able to gratify the ardent curiosity I felt to ...
39. oldal
... presents I had brought to him , silk gown and a supply of coffee and sugar . He dressed himself in his new attire and returned to the assembly . Inshallah , " said I , " we are now friends , although scarcely a month ago you came over ...
... presents I had brought to him , silk gown and a supply of coffee and sugar . He dressed himself in his new attire and returned to the assembly . Inshallah , " said I , " we are now friends , although scarcely a month ago you came over ...
40. oldal
... present himself to Ismail Pasha , of whose con- ciliatory conduct he had already heard . It was nearly the middle of February before I thought it prudent to make fresh experiments among the ruins . To avoid notice I employed only a few ...
... present himself to Ismail Pasha , of whose con- ciliatory conduct he had already heard . It was nearly the middle of February before I thought it prudent to make fresh experiments among the ruins . To avoid notice I employed only a few ...
48. oldal
... present to celebrate the occasion , the Arabs withdrew the screen they had hastily constructed , and disclosed an enormous human head sculptured in full out of the alabaster of the country . They had uncovered the upper part of a figure ...
... present to celebrate the occasion , the Arabs withdrew the screen they had hastily constructed , and disclosed an enormous human head sculptured in full out of the alabaster of the country . They had uncovered the upper part of a figure ...
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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