Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and BabylonJohn Murray, 1853 - 663 Seiten |
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Agha Akhlat amongst ancient appear Arabs Arban Armenian Babylon Babylonian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Bedouins beneath Bitlis bricks British Museum bronze building bulls called camels captives caravan carried castle Cawal Yusuf centre Chaldæan chamber character chariot chief Christian crossed cuneiform cylinders 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 Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurdistan Kurds lions mare Mesopotamia miles Mohammed Emin Monuments of Nineveh Mosul mound mountains Mussulman Nestorian Nimroud Nineveh ornaments Pasha Persian plain principal probably ravine Rawlinson relics remains represented river rock rode round ruins scarcely sculptures seen Sennacherib Shammar sheep Sheikh side Sinjar slabs stone stream Suttum tablets Tekrit temple tents Tigris tomb town tribe Turkish valley village walls warriors whilst workmen Xenophon Yezidis
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 15 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Seite 442 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Seite 601 - 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.
Seite 53 - And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Seite 134 - 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.
Seite 220 - Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand...
Seite 152 - 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.
Seite 631 - 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.
Seite 610 - 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...
Seite 340 - Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.