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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... Vases and Ornaments - Their Egyptian Character -Bas - reliefs collected together - Description of the Sculptures - Further Dis- coveries in the Southwest Edifice - Crouching Sphinxes - Sculptures - A Descrip- tion of the Bas - reliefs ...
... Vases and Ornaments - Their Egyptian Character -Bas - reliefs collected together - Description of the Sculptures - Further Dis- coveries in the Southwest Edifice - Crouching Sphinxes - Sculptures - A Descrip- tion of the Bas - reliefs ...
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... vases of baked clay . In those that were preserved entire , human remains could be distinguished ; but it was not until I had made further discoveries , that I learnt the nature and importance of these objects . On the western side of ...
... vases of baked clay . In those that were preserved entire , human remains could be distinguished ; but it was not until I had made further discoveries , that I learnt the nature and importance of these objects . On the western side of ...
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... vase of reddish clay , with a long narrow neck , stood in a dish of such delicate fabric , that I had great difficulty ... vases and ornaments are Egyptian in their charac- ter , being identical with similar remains found in the tombs of ...
... vase of reddish clay , with a long narrow neck , stood in a dish of such delicate fabric , that I had great difficulty ... vases and ornaments are Egyptian in their charac- ter , being identical with similar remains found in the tombs of ...
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... vases of highly glazed green pottery , elegant in shape , and in perfect . preservation . Near them was a copper mirror , and a copper lustral spoon , all Egyptian in form . Many other tombs were opened , containing vases , plates ...
... vases of highly glazed green pottery , elegant in shape , and in perfect . preservation . Near them was a copper mirror , and a copper lustral spoon , all Egyptian in form . Many other tombs were opened , containing vases , plates ...
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... vases and ornaments were identical in form and material with those found in the catacombs of Egypt , had buried their dead . What race , then , occupied the country after the de- struction of the Assyrian palaces ? At what period were ...
... vases and ornaments were identical in form and material with those found in the catacombs of Egypt , had buried their dead . What race , then , occupied the country after the de- struction of the Assyrian palaces ? At what period were ...
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