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Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)

Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 162

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e-daila, the high ridge suddenly subsiding into low broken hills.From all parts of the plain it is a very beautiful object. Itslimestone rocks, wooded here and there with dwarf oak, areof a rich golden colour j and the numberless ravines which … Suttum, v.-ith his Wife, on his Dromedary. furrow its sides, form ribs of deep purple shadow. The west-tern part of the Sinjar is inhabited by the Yezidi tribe ofKherraniyah. We rode over the plain in a line parallel tothe mountain, and about seven or eight miles from it. To-wards nightfall we…

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Assyria · Assyria -- Description and travel · Nineveh (Extinct city) · Babylon (Extinct city)

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