A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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22. oldal
... trenches , into which the workmen descended by steps , where parts of the walls were exposed to view . The Abou - Salman and Tai Arabs continuing their depreda- tions in the plains of Nimroud and surrounding country , I deemed it ...
... trenches , into which the workmen descended by steps , where parts of the walls were exposed to view . The Abou - Salman and Tai Arabs continuing their depreda- tions in the plains of Nimroud and surrounding country , I deemed it ...
24. oldal
... trenches , to carry off the accumulating waters , generally afforded the best shelter . My Cawass , who was a Constantinopolitan , complained bitterly of the hardships he was compelled to endure , and I had some difficulty in pre ...
... trenches , to carry off the accumulating waters , generally afforded the best shelter . My Cawass , who was a Constantinopolitan , complained bitterly of the hardships he was compelled to endure , and I had some difficulty in pre ...
25. oldal
... trench to be opened from the doorway into the interior of the mound , presuming that we should ultimately come to the opposite side of the chamber , to which , it appeared probable , we had found the entrance . After removing a large ...
... trench to be opened from the doorway into the interior of the mound , presuming that we should ultimately come to the opposite side of the chamber , to which , it appeared probable , we had found the entrance . After removing a large ...
32. oldal
... trenches by way of experiment , and was not long in finding other sculptures . Near the western edge of the mound were discovered the lower part of several colossal figures , at the foot of the S. E. corner a crouching lion , rudely ...
... trenches by way of experiment , and was not long in finding other sculptures . Near the western edge of the mound were discovered the lower part of several colossal figures , at the foot of the S. E. corner a crouching lion , rudely ...
35. oldal
... trenches had been opened in the great mound of Baa- sheikha ; and fragments of sculpture and inscriptions , with entire pottery and inscribed bricks , had been discovered there . At Karamles a platform of brickwork had been uncovered ...
... trenches had been opened in the great mound of Baa- sheikha ; and fragments of sculpture and inscriptions , with entire pottery and inscribed bricks , had been discovered there . At Karamles a platform of brickwork had been uncovered ...
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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