A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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12. oldal
... SCULPTURES . -DESCRIP- TION OF BAS - RELIEFS . INTERRUPTED BY THE PASHA . — FURTHER DIS- COVERY OF SCULPTURES . --- DEPOSITION OF THE PASHA . — DEPARTURE FOR BAGHDAD . - My first step on reaching Mosul was to present my letters to ...
... SCULPTURES . -DESCRIP- TION OF BAS - RELIEFS . INTERRUPTED BY THE PASHA . — FURTHER DIS- COVERY OF SCULPTURES . --- DEPOSITION OF THE PASHA . — DEPARTURE FOR BAGHDAD . - My first step on reaching Mosul was to present my letters to ...
17. oldal
... sculptures were still buried under the soil . I determined , there- fore , to explore the N. W. corner , and to empty the chamber partly uncovered during the day . On returning to the village , I removed from the crowded hovel in which ...
... sculptures were still buried under the soil . I determined , there- fore , to explore the N. W. corner , and to empty the chamber partly uncovered during the day . On returning to the village , I removed from the crowded hovel in which ...
19. oldal
... sculptures , all my workmen were moved to the S. W. corner , where the many remains of walls already discovered evidently belonging to the same edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in this part of the mound ...
... sculptures , all my workmen were moved to the S. W. corner , where the many remains of walls already discovered evidently belonging to the same edifice , promised speedier success . I continued the excavations in this part of the mound ...
21. oldal
... sculptures , or slabs covered with writing , and which generally proved to be the ruin of some modern building , or an early tombstone inscribed with Arabic characters . The mounds , which I directed to be opened , were those of ...
... sculptures , or slabs covered with writing , and which generally proved to be the ruin of some modern building , or an early tombstone inscribed with Arabic characters . The mounds , which I directed to be opened , were those of ...
25. oldal
... sculptures ; nor could any idea be yet formed of the relative position of the walls . I therefore ordered a trench to be opened from the doorway into the interior of the mound , presuming that we should ultimately come to the opposite ...
... sculptures ; nor could any idea be yet formed of the relative position of the walls . I therefore ordered a trench to be opened from the doorway into the interior of the mound , presuming that we should ultimately come to the opposite ...
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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