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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... Persian Art - Its Passage into Asia Minor -The Lycian Sculptures - Various Greek Ornaments and Forms borrowed from Assyria - Taste of Assyrians displayed in Embroideries , Arms , and personal Or- naments - in domestic Furniture - in ...
... Persian Art - Its Passage into Asia Minor -The Lycian Sculptures - Various Greek Ornaments and Forms borrowed from Assyria - Taste of Assyrians displayed in Embroideries , Arms , and personal Or- naments - in domestic Furniture - in ...
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... Persians - Captives and Tribute from India -- The Arabs - The Jews - The Babylonians - The Phoenicians - Northern ... Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans - Religious Emblems in the Sculp- tures — The winged Figure in the ...
... Persians - Captives and Tribute from India -- The Arabs - The Jews - The Babylonians - The Phoenicians - Northern ... Persian Systems of Fire - worship - The Chaldæans - Religious Emblems in the Sculp- tures — The winged Figure in the ...
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... Persian Occupation . Page 284 Castle of a maritime People , probably the Tyrians . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 284 A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 297 Flying Warrior discharging an Arrow . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) A walled City standing on ...
... Persian Occupation . Page 284 Castle of a maritime People , probably the Tyrians . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 284 A Galley . ( Kouyunjik . ) Page 297 Flying Warrior discharging an Arrow . ( N. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) A walled City standing on ...
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... Persian Izjeds . Like all the Egyptian figures , they are unbearded ; but their drapery is not that of Egyptian females . " ( Trans . of the Royal Society of Literature , New Series . ) For a detailed description of all the ivory ...
... Persian Izjeds . Like all the Egyptian figures , they are unbearded ; but their drapery is not that of Egyptian females . " ( Trans . of the Royal Society of Literature , New Series . ) For a detailed description of all the ivory ...
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... Persian conquest ; and the accounts handed down . to us are too meagre and vague , to lead to the identification of the site of any of them . An extended knowledge of the monuments of Assyria , and an acquaintance with the contents of ...
... Persian conquest ; and the accounts handed down . to us are too meagre and vague , to lead to the identification of the site of any of them . An extended knowledge of the monuments of Assyria , and an acquaintance with the contents of ...
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according alabaster amongst ancient animals appears Arabs Armenia Asia Minor Assyrian empire Assyrian king Assyrian monuments Assyrian sculptures Babylon Babylonian Baghdad bas-reliefs Belus British Museum building carried castle Centre Palace Chaldæans chambers character chariots colors conjectured Ctesias cuneiform deity described Diodorus Diodorus Siculus discovered divinity dynasty earliest early edifices Egypt Egyptian emblems entrance eunuchs Euphrates evidently excavations feet fragments frequently gold Greek head helmets Herodotus horsemen horses inhabitants inscriptions ivory Kalah Sherghat Khorsabad Kouyunjik Major Rawlinson mentioned ments Mesopotamia monarch Mosul mound N. W. Palace nations Nimroud Nineveh Ninus northwest palace obelisk ornaments painted palace of Nimroud period Persian placed probably rafts remains represented resembling river round ruins sacred scarcely sculptures seen Semiramis shields side silver slabs spears stone sun-dried bricks syrian tablet temple tents Tigris tion tomb traces trees trenches ture vases walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures Xenophon