Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 79
at all this is pure invention.To find room for such a Nineveh we should have to take allthe space between the ruins opposite Mossoul and those ofNimroud. But all the Assyrian texts that refer to Ninevehand Calah speak of them as two distinct cities, each with anindependent life and period of… … Fig. 23.—Siege of a city; from Layard. (5458 feet) high. We can scent an arbitrary assertion in theproportion of two to one given to the heights of the towers overthat of the wall. In the fortified walls of the bas-reliefs thecurtain is never greatly excelled in height by its flanking towers(see…
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