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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Page 22
... according to the subjects upon them , it was evident that they had been moved , in the order in which they stood , from their original positions against the walls of sun - dried brick ; and had been left as found preparatory to their ...
... according to the subjects upon them , it was evident that they had been moved , in the order in which they stood , from their original positions against the walls of sun - dried brick ; and had been left as found preparatory to their ...
Page 55
... according to that gentle- man's calculation , gives a circumference of 4685 yards . * A part of it , however , is not artificial . Irregularities in the face of the country , and natural eminences , have been united into one great ...
... according to that gentle- man's calculation , gives a circumference of 4685 yards . * A part of it , however , is not artificial . Irregularities in the face of the country , and natural eminences , have been united into one great ...
Page 56
... according to some accounts , she had been betrothed . The greater part of the night was spent in quarrelling and wrangling on this subject . The Sey- * Lib . xxv . c . 8. Ammianus does not mention Hatra after , but before Ur ; so that ...
... according to some accounts , she had been betrothed . The greater part of the night was spent in quarrelling and wrangling on this subject . The Sey- * Lib . xxv . c . 8. Ammianus does not mention Hatra after , but before Ur ; so that ...
Page 85
... according to Diodorus Si- culus ( lib . ii . c . 1 ) , was brought to Babylon from Armenia by Semiramis , was floated down on rafts supported by skins , in the same way that I transported the sculptures of Nineveh to Busrah . It was 130 ...
... according to Diodorus Si- culus ( lib . ii . c . 1 ) , was brought to Babylon from Armenia by Semiramis , was floated down on rafts supported by skins , in the same way that I transported the sculptures of Nineveh to Busrah . It was 130 ...
Page 88
... according to the instructions I had received from the Trustees of the British Museum . Had the numerous sculptures been left , without any precaution being taken to preserve them , they would have suffered , not only from the effects of ...
... according to the instructions I had received from the Trustees of the British Museum . Had the numerous sculptures been left , without any precaution being taken to preserve them , they would have suffered , not only from the effects of ...
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