Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and BabylonHarper & Bros., 1853 - Всего страниц: 586 |
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... deep . Engraved Scarab in Centre of same Cup . In page 157 In page 157 In page 157 Embossed Figures on the Bronze Pedestal of a Figure from Polledrara , Museum . Embossed Figure on the Bronze Pedestal of a Figure from Polledrara ...
... deep . Engraved Scarab in Centre of same Cup . In page 157 In page 157 In page 157 Embossed Figures on the Bronze Pedestal of a Figure from Polledrara , Museum . Embossed Figure on the Bronze Pedestal of a Figure from Polledrara ...
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... deep in mud or dust according to the season of the year . The bridges , built when the erection and repair of public works were imposed upon the local governors , and deemed a sacred duty by the semi - independent hereditary families ...
... deep in mud or dust according to the season of the year . The bridges , built when the erection and repair of public works were imposed upon the local governors , and deemed a sacred duty by the semi - independent hereditary families ...
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... deep and rocky ravines . sheltered spots are occupied by villages and hamlets , chiefly inhabited by a hardy and industrious race of Greeks . In spring , the choicest flowers perfume the air , and luxuriant creepers clothe the limbs of ...
... deep and rocky ravines . sheltered spots are occupied by villages and hamlets , chiefly inhabited by a hardy and industrious race of Greeks . In spring , the choicest flowers perfume the air , and luxuriant creepers clothe the limbs of ...
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... deep on the ground for some months - prevents the cultivation of fruit trees , and the complete ab- sence of wood gives the country a desolate aspect . Bustards , cranes , and waterfowl of various kinds abound . We left the plain of ...
... deep on the ground for some months - prevents the cultivation of fruit trees , and the complete ab- sence of wood gives the country a desolate aspect . Bustards , cranes , and waterfowl of various kinds abound . We left the plain of ...
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... deep clear lake , em- bedded in the mountains , two or three pelicans , " swan and shadow double , " and myriads of water - fowl , lazily floating on its blue waters . Piron , the village where we halted for the night , stands at the ...
... deep clear lake , em- bedded in the mountains , two or three pelicans , " swan and shadow double , " and myriads of water - fowl , lazily floating on its blue waters . Piron , the village where we halted for the night , stands at the ...
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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. 273 - I have seen at Medina and Tayf locust shops where these animals were sold by measure. In Egypt and Nubia they are only eaten by the poorest beggars.' ' The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal of salt has been mixed. After a few minutes they are taken out and dried in the sun; the head, feet, and wings are then torn off; the bodies are cleansed from the salt and perfectly dried, after which process whole sacks are filled with...
Стр. 501 - And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
Стр. 381 - ... the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Стр. 520 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Стр. 85 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19. That say, Let Him make speed, and hasten His work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Стр. 106 - Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
Стр. 526 - The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
Стр. 508 - And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died...
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.