Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert ; Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British MuseumA.S. Barnes, 1856 - Всего страниц: 549 |
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Agha Akhlat amongst ancient appear Arabs Arban Armenian Assyrian king Babylon Babylonian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Bedouins beneath Bitlis bricks British Museum building bulls camels captives caravan carried Cawal Yusuf centre chambers chariot chief Christian colossal crossed cuneiform deep described Desert discovered district Eastern edifice Egyptian encampment entrance Euphrates excavations feet figures foot fragments head Hillah hills Hincks Hormuzd Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses inhabitants inscriptions Jebours journey Khabour Khorsabad Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions mare masonry Mesopotamia miles Mohammed Emin monuments Mosul mound mountains nearly Nestorian Nimroud Nineveh north-west palace ornaments Pasha passed Persian plain principal probably ravine Rawlinson relics remains river rock rode round ruins scarcely sculptures Sennacherib Shammar Sheikh side Sinjar slabs stone stream Suttum Tekrit temple tents Tigris tion tomb town travellers tribe Turkish valley village walls warriors whilst winged workmen Xenophon Yezidi
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