Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldĉan 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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... Walls - The Roof and Ceiling -Knowledge of Vaulting and the Arch - Pavement and Drains - Description of an Assyrian Palace - The sculptured and pictorial Records - The Nature of the Buildings discovered in Assyria - Exterior ...
... Walls - The Roof and Ceiling -Knowledge of Vaulting and the Arch - Pavement and Drains - Description of an Assyrian Palace - The sculptured and pictorial Records - The Nature of the Buildings discovered in Assyria - Exterior ...
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... Walls - Sack of a City - Treatment of the Captives and of the City- Knowledge of Ship building - Earliest Vessels - Later Vessels , as represented at Khorsabad and Kouyunjik - Enemies of the Assyrians , distinguished by their Dress ...
... Walls - Sack of a City - Treatment of the Captives and of the City- Knowledge of Ship building - Earliest Vessels - Later Vessels , as represented at Khorsabad and Kouyunjik - Enemies of the Assyrians , distinguished by their Dress ...
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... Walls , and Captives impaled . ( Centre Palace Nimroud . ) Warriors forcing Stones out of the lower Part of the Wall of a besieged City . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 284 A City taken by Assault , and the Inhabitants led away ...
... Walls , and Captives impaled . ( Centre Palace Nimroud . ) Warriors forcing Stones out of the lower Part of the Wall of a besieged City . ( S. W. Palace , Nimroud . ) Page 284 A City taken by Assault , and the Inhabitants led away ...
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... walls of the other chambers were either occupied . by a series of winged figures , separated by the sacred tree , - the figures resembling one another in every respect , or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the slabs . It will ...
... walls of the other chambers were either occupied . by a series of winged figures , separated by the sacred tree , - the figures resembling one another in every respect , or the usual inscription alone was carved upon the slabs . It will ...
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... walls , without destroying , at the same time , the plas- ter to which it adhered . I seldom succeeded in uncovering even a small portion of the paintings , as the plaster fell from the walls in flakes , notwithstanding all my efforts ...
... walls , without destroying , at the same time , the plas- ter to which it adhered . I seldom succeeded in uncovering even a small portion of the paintings , as the plaster fell from the walls in flakes , notwithstanding all my efforts ...
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