Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers; and an Inquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, Volume 2G. P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... Egypt - Historical Evidence of Period of Ninus - The Assyrian Dynasties - The Tombs at Nimroud - Antiquity of Nineveh . CHAPTER II . 123 Semitic Origin of the Assyrians - Identification of the Site of Nineveh - Dimensions of the City ...
... Egypt - Historical Evidence of Period of Ninus - The Assyrian Dynasties - The Tombs at Nimroud - Antiquity of Nineveh . CHAPTER II . 123 Semitic Origin of the Assyrians - Identification of the Site of Nineveh - Dimensions of the City ...
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... Egyptian Goddess Ken ( from a Tablet in the British Museum ) ; and Assyrian Deity , the Astarte of the Assyrians and the Ken of the Egyptians ( from a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah , near Mosul ) . Forms of Pottery found in the Tombs above ...
... Egyptian Goddess Ken ( from a Tablet in the British Museum ) ; and Assyrian Deity , the Astarte of the Assyrians and the Ken of the Egyptians ( from a Rock Tablet at Malthaiyah , near Mosul ) . Forms of Pottery found in the Tombs above ...
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... Egyptian sceptre or symbol of power . Between them is a cartouche , containing a name or words in hieroglyphics , and surmounted by a feather or plume , such as is found in monuments of the eighteenth , and subsequent dynasties of Egypt ...
... Egyptian sceptre or symbol of power . Between them is a cartouche , containing a name or words in hieroglyphics , and surmounted by a feather or plume , such as is found in monuments of the eighteenth , and subsequent dynasties of Egypt ...
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... Egyptian throne , the side decorated with scales alternately of blue and opaque green pastes , inlaid into the ivory ... Egyptian figures , they are unbearded ; but their drapery is not that of Egyptian females . " ( Trans . of the Royal ...
... Egyptian throne , the side decorated with scales alternately of blue and opaque green pastes , inlaid into the ivory ... Egyptian figures , they are unbearded ; but their drapery is not that of Egyptian females . " ( Trans . of the Royal ...
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... Egypt ; but it is possible that white had changed to this color . But the most important discovery , connected with these upper chambers , was that of the slabs forming the pavement of the two entrances a and b . Upon them were the ...
... Egypt ; but it is possible that white had changed to this color . But the most important discovery , connected with these upper chambers , was that of the slabs forming the pavement of the two entrances a and b . Upon them were the ...
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