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 21
... believe that this part of the mound is of a more recent date than that to the north of it , and was added at a subsequent period . In the centre of the mound , to the north of the great winged bulls , I had in vain endeavored to find ...
... believe that this part of the mound is of a more recent date than that to the north of it , and was added at a subsequent period . In the centre of the mound , to the north of the great winged bulls , I had in vain endeavored to find ...
Page 44
... believe , almost as high as Bir , where the steamers of the first Euphrates expedition , under Colonel Chesney , were launched . In the Sinjar , and on the banks of the Khabour , they are frequently caught by the Arabs . They abound in ...
... believe , almost as high as Bir , where the steamers of the first Euphrates expedition , under Colonel Chesney , were launched . In the Sinjar , and on the banks of the Khabour , they are frequently caught by the Arabs . They abound in ...
Page 66
... believe that they both belonged to this ruined cham- ber ; in which , perhaps , the sculptures were more elaborate and more highly finished than in any other part of the build- ing . The work of different artists may be plainly traced ...
... believe that they both belonged to this ruined cham- ber ; in which , perhaps , the sculptures were more elaborate and more highly finished than in any other part of the build- ing . The work of different artists may be plainly traced ...
Page 93
... believe that we have dreamed a dream , or have been listening to some tale of Eastern romance . Some , who may hereafter tread on the spot when the grass again grows over the ruins of the Assyrian palaces , may in- deed suspect that I ...
... believe that we have dreamed a dream , or have been listening to some tale of Eastern romance . Some , who may hereafter tread on the spot when the grass again grows over the ruins of the Assyrian palaces , may in- deed suspect that I ...
Page 115
... believe that the chambers belong to a more recent period than the Assyrian bas - reliefs ; but their date has not been satisfactorily determined , and they may after all have been wha ' Mr. Ross conjectures . 1 I will defer to another ...
... believe that the chambers belong to a more recent period than the Assyrian bas - reliefs ; but their date has not been satisfactorily determined , and they may after all have been wha ' Mr. Ross conjectures . 1 I will defer to another ...
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