The Buried City of the East Nineveh: A Narrative of the Discoveries of Mr. Lavard and Mr. Botta at Kinzord and Klwersbud

alphabet ancient animals antiquity appears Arabs arrows Assarac Assyrian Babylon Babylonian Baghdad band bas-reliefs beard Behistun inscription Botta bottom bracelets bricks building Calah carrying character chariot colours cords costume covered Ctesias cuneiform curls Cyaxares discovered dress ear-rings edifices Egyptian embroidered eunuch Euphrates excavations feet figures fillet formed fortress fragments fringed front gypsum hair hangs head Herodotus holds horses inhabitants inscriptions Khorsabad king king of Assyria king's Kouyunjik labours Layard legs lion long robe Major Rawlinson monument Mósul mound nation Nimroud Nineveh Nisroch ornamented painted palace Pasha passed Persepolis Persian personages plain present probably quiver remains remarkable represented resemble right hand river rosettes round rows ruins sacred sculptures seen Sennacherib sheikh shield Shinar shoulders side similar slabs square stone supposed sword tassels temple terminated tiara Tigris tion towers tribes tribute tunic village walls warriors wear winged bulls workmen worship