A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinewehHarper & brothers, 1852 - 360 pages |
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... difficulty of reaching these remains , increased the curiosity and interest with which they were regarded ; and a fragment from Babylon was esteemed a precious relic , not altogether devoid of a sacred character . The ruins which might ...
... difficulty of reaching these remains , increased the curiosity and interest with which they were regarded ; and a fragment from Babylon was esteemed a precious relic , not altogether devoid of a sacred character . The ruins which might ...
Page xiii
... difficulty , notwithstanding the aid which a version of the same inscription in a known tongue natural- ly supplies . The most important trilingual inscriptions hitherto dis- covered are those on the palaces of Darius and Xerxes at ...
... difficulty , notwithstanding the aid which a version of the same inscription in a known tongue natural- ly supplies . The most important trilingual inscriptions hitherto dis- covered are those on the palaces of Darius and Xerxes at ...
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... difficulties which stood in the way of the acquisition of these valuable relics , and the skill which was required to obtain them , are not generally known . I can testify to the efforts and labor which were necessary for nearly three ...
... difficulties which stood in the way of the acquisition of these valuable relics , and the skill which was required to obtain them , are not generally known . I can testify to the efforts and labor which were necessary for nearly three ...
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... difficulty in prevailing upon my servants to remain with me . The present inhabitants of Selamiyah , and of most of the vil- lages in this part of the pashawlic of Mosul , are Turcomans , de- scendants of tribes brought by the early ...
... difficulty in prevailing upon my servants to remain with me . The present inhabitants of Selamiyah , and of most of the vil- lages in this part of the pashawlic of Mosul , are Turcomans , de- scendants of tribes brought by the early ...
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... difficulty . Please God , the cadi and mufti have profited by the lesson which your excellency gave to the ill - mannered ulema of that city . " " In Siwas , " returned he , immediately understanding my mean- ing , " I had Mussulmans to ...
... difficulty . Please God , the cadi and mufti have profited by the lesson which your excellency gave to the ill - mannered ulema of that city . " " In Siwas , " returned he , immediately understanding my mean- ing , " I had Mussulmans to ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey beneath British Museum brought building carried castle cawass Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians covered cuneiform descended desert discovered district dress earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party pashaw passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe uncovered valley village walls warriors winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis
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Page 333 - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Page 51 - It was in admirable preservation. The expression was calm, yet majestic, and the outline of the features showed a freedom and knowledge of art scarcely to be looked for in the works of so remote a period.
Page 5 - He has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon' the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing.
Page 258 - ... only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Page 56 - 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 49 - 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...
Page 258 - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Page 221 - ... day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Page 168 - On the walls of the room are pasted slips of paper, upon which are written, in distorted Hebrew characters, religious exhortations, and the dates and particulars of the visits of various Jewish families. The house containing the tomb is a modern building. There are no inscriptions, nor fragments of any antiquity about the place...
Page 51 - This is not the work of men's hands," exclaimed he, "but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date-tree ; this is one of the idols which Noah, peace be with him ! cursed before the flood.