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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... 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 Vessels of Gold 2 CONTENTS .
... 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 Vessels of Gold 2 CONTENTS .
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... Gold and Silver - Paintings- Ezekiel's Description of painted Bas - reliefs - Colors used by the Assyrians- Their Dyes - Materials for Scalpture - Alabaster or Mosul Marble - Limestone and Basalt - Knowledge of Mechanics - The Pulley ...
... Gold and Silver - Paintings- Ezekiel's Description of painted Bas - reliefs - Colors used by the Assyrians- Their Dyes - Materials for Scalpture - Alabaster or Mosul Marble - Limestone and Basalt - Knowledge of Mechanics - The Pulley ...
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... gold leaf still adhering to them . The forms , and style of art , have a purely Egyptian character ; although there are certain peculi- arities in the execution , and mode of treatment , that would seem to mark the work of a foreign ...
... gold leaf still adhering to them . The forms , and style of art , have a purely Egyptian character ; although there are certain peculi- arities in the execution , and mode of treatment , that would seem to mark the work of a foreign ...
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... for treasure . Many of those who rode to Kalah Sherghat , expected to return much wealthier men than they went , by seizing the heaps of gold and silver to which , as possessors of the country CHAP . XII ] 45 ARAB ROBBERS .
... for treasure . Many of those who rode to Kalah Sherghat , expected to return much wealthier men than they went , by seizing the heaps of gold and silver to which , as possessors of the country CHAP . XII ] 45 ARAB ROBBERS .
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... gold ( lib . i . c . 98 ) ; and the use of gold in the decorations of the palaces of the East is frequently mentioned in ancient au- thors . Even the roofs of the palace at Ecbatana are said to have been covered with silver tiles . The gold ...
... gold ( lib . i . c . 98 ) ; and the use of gold in the decorations of the palaces of the East is frequently mentioned in ancient au- thors . Even the roofs of the palace at Ecbatana are said to have been covered with silver tiles . The gold ...
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