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 1George P. Putnam, 1849 - 373 pages |
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... bricks with inscriptions , and some other slight remains ; and we can all remember the profound impression made upon the public mind , even by these cursory memorials of Nineveh and Babylon . We first hear of Mr. Layard in 1840 ; when ...
... bricks with inscriptions , and some other slight remains ; and we can all remember the profound impression made upon the public mind , even by these cursory memorials of Nineveh and Babylon . We first hear of Mr. Layard in 1840 ; when ...
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... a vague mystery attaching to remains like these , which induces travellers to examine them with more than ordinary interest , and even with some degree of awe . A great vitrified mass of brick - work , surrounded by INTRODUCTION . 13.
... a vague mystery attaching to remains like these , which induces travellers to examine them with more than ordinary interest , and even with some degree of awe . A great vitrified mass of brick - work , surrounded by INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... brick - work , surrounded by the accumu- lated rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was over- thrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of ...
... brick - work , surrounded by the accumu- lated rubbish of ages , was believed to represent the identical tower , which called down the divine vengeance , and was over- thrown , according to an universal tradition , by the fires of ...
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... bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the groundwork of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In the ...
... bricks , engraved stones , and a coffin of wood ; but the careful account which he drew up of the site of the ruins was of greater value , and has formed the groundwork of all subsequent inquiries into the topography of Babylon . In the ...
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... bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of build- ing in the ravines . He ascertained that the circumference was 7690 feet . On a subsequent occasion he made a careful survey of the site of all the ruins , which is published ...
... bricks with cuneiform characters , and some remains of build- ing in the ravines . He ascertained that the circumference was 7690 feet . On a subsequent occasion he made a careful survey of the site of all the ruins , which is published ...
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alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appeared Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey Botta bricks brought building carpets carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christian church Colossal winged figures desert discovered district encampment entrance eunuch excavations facing feet fir-cone followed formed fragments hand head Hormuzd Rassam horned cap horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants Ismail Pasha journey Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurdistan Kurds lions lower Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulman Nestorian Nestorian Chaldæans Nestorius Nimroud Nineveh ornaments palace party Patriarch plain plunder priests Rassam ravine reached remains returned river rocks rode round ruins salamlik scarcely sculptures sect Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr sides similar Sinjar Sofuk stones Syria tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trenches tribe Turkish Ulema uncovered Unsculptured slabs usual inscription valley village walls warriors whilst women workmen Yezidis
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Page 219 - And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.
Page 76 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Page 70 - Hasten, O Bey," exclaimed one of them—" hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God ;" and both joining in this pious exclamation, they galloped off, without further words, in the direction of their tents.
Page 77 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Page 76 - I used to contemplate for hours these mysterious emblems, and muse over their intent and history. What more noble forms could have ushered the people into the temple of their gods? What more sublime images could have been borrowed from nature by men who sought, unaided by the light of revealed religion, to embody their conception of the wisdom, power, and ubiquity of a Supreme Being? They could find no better type of intellect and knowledge than the head of the man; of strength, than the body of...
Page 79 - I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so folldwing, but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 73 - Whilst I was superintending the removal of the earth, which still clung to the sculpture, and giving directions for the continuation of the work, a noise of horsemen was heard, and presently Abd-ur-rahman, followed by half his tribe, appeared on the edge of the trench.
Page 76 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Page 74 - I returned to the village and celebrated the day's discovery by a slaughter of sheep, of which all the Arabs near partook. As some wandering musicians chanced to be at Selamiyah, I sent for them, and dances were kept up during the greater part of the night. On the following morning Arabs from the other side of the Tigris, and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages congregated on the mound. Even the women could not repress their curiosity, and came in crowds, with their children, from afar. My...
Page 17 - A case scarcely three feet square inclosed all that remained, not only of the great city, Nineveh, but of Babylon itself!