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 14
... falling away of the earth was sufficient to reduce it almost to powder . This will account for the condition of the specimens which have been placed in the British Museum . With all the care that I could devote to the collection of the ...
... falling away of the earth was sufficient to reduce it almost to powder . This will account for the condition of the specimens which have been placed in the British Museum . With all the care that I could devote to the collection of the ...
Page 24
... falling loosely on their shoulders . Some , however , were provided with helmets , which vary in shape from those worn by the conquerors . A battering ram , differing in form from that seen in the earlier sculptures , was found on bas ...
... falling loosely on their shoulders . Some , however , were provided with helmets , which vary in shape from those worn by the conquerors . A battering ram , differing in form from that seen in the earlier sculptures , was found on bas ...
Page 53
... falling into the stream , leaving exposed to view vases , sarcophagi , and remains of building . Along the banks of the river , to the south of the great mound , several remains of circular masonry , which had the appearance of wells ...
... falling into the stream , leaving exposed to view vases , sarcophagi , and remains of building . Along the banks of the river , to the south of the great mound , several remains of circular masonry , which had the appearance of wells ...
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... fall of the Empire . Having directed Mansour to continue the excavations , I prepared to return to Mosul . Abd'rubbou offered to accom- pany me , and as the desert between Kalah Sherghat and Hammum Ali was infested by roving parties of ...
... fall of the Empire . Having directed Mansour to continue the excavations , I prepared to return to Mosul . Abd'rubbou offered to accom- pany me , and as the desert between Kalah Sherghat and Hammum Ali was infested by roving parties of ...
Page 60
... falls during the winter ; the grain , in the days of Herodotus , yielding two and even three hundred fold . Indeed , such is the richness of the soil of Assyria , that even a few heavy showers in the course of the year , at the time of ...
... falls during the winter ; the grain , in the days of Herodotus , yielding two and even three hundred fold . Indeed , such is the richness of the soil of Assyria , that even a few heavy showers in the course of the year , at the time of ...
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