Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and BabylonHarper & Bros., 1853 - Всего страниц: 586 |
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... appear to be still entertained by many eminent critics as to the progress actually made in deciphering the cuneiform writing . These doubts may have been con- firmed by too hasty theories and conclusions , which , on subsequent ...
... appear to be still entertained by many eminent critics as to the progress actually made in deciphering the cuneiform writing . These doubts may have been con- firmed by too hasty theories and conclusions , which , on subsequent ...
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... appear , the re- sult of any very considerable elevation ) . They found within the cone a small lake , apparently filling the hollow of a crater ; and scoria and lava , met with in abundance during the ascent , indicated the existence ...
... appear , the re- sult of any very considerable elevation ) . They found within the cone a small lake , apparently filling the hollow of a crater ; and scoria and lava , met with in abundance during the ascent , indicated the existence ...
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... appear- The Shailu lake has , I was informed , a similar communication with the Murad Su . Both lakes are wrongly placed in the Prussian and other maps , and their out- lets unnoticed . + Yakuti , in his geographical work , the " Moajem ...
... appear- The Shailu lake has , I was informed , a similar communication with the Murad Su . Both lakes are wrongly placed in the Prussian and other maps , and their out- lets unnoticed . + Yakuti , in his geographical work , the " Moajem ...
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... appear to have died at Akhlat . I have been unable to find the name of Haroun amongst the sultans of these Tatar dynasties . It is possible that the tur- behs may be more ancient than the period assigned to them by the inhabitants of ...
... appear to have died at Akhlat . I have been unable to find the name of Haroun amongst the sultans of these Tatar dynasties . It is possible that the tur- behs may be more ancient than the period assigned to them by the inhabitants of ...
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... appear to have followed the route taken by Sultan Murad in his expedition against Baghdad , and , recently , by part of the Turkish forces sent against Beder Khan Bey ; in fact , the great natural highway from the remotest period ...
... appear to have followed the route taken by Sultan Murad in his expedition against Baghdad , and , recently , by part of the Turkish forces sent against Beder Khan Bey ; in fact , the great natural highway from the remotest period ...
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Agha Akhlat amongst ancient appear Arabs Arban Armenian Assyrian Babylon Babylonian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Bedouins beneath Bitlis bricks British Museum bronze building bulls called camels captives caravan carried castle centre Chaldæan chamber chariot chief crossed cuneiform cylinder described Desert discovered district Eastern edifice Egyptian encampment entrance Euphrates excavations feet figures fragments head Hillah hills Hincks Hormuzd horsemen horses inhabitants inscriptions Jebours journey Khabour Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurdistan Kurds lion mare Mesopotamia miles Mohammed Emin Monuments of Nineveh Mosul mound mountains Mussulman nearly Nestorian Nimroud Nineveh north-west palace ornaments Pasha Persian plain Plate principal probably ravine Rawlinson relics remains represented river rock rode round ruins scarcely sculptures Sennacherib Shammar sheep Sheikh side Sinjar slabs stone stream Suttum tablets Tekrit temple tents Tigris tion tomb town tribe Turkish valley village walls warriors whilst workmen Yezidis
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Стр. 121 - And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea : for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Стр. 428 - And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.