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 327
the plainbeyond them a fewcanals bear water toplots cultivated withwheat, barley, andrice. The ruins of Ba-bylon have been sofrequently described,that I prefer givinga general sketch ofthem to entering intoaccurate details ofmeasurements anddistances; at thesame time referringmy reader to the… … 2000 4000 V>rdi Plan of Part of the Ruins of Babylon on the EasternBank of the Euphrates. XL] MOUNDS NEAR BABEL. 275 is a line of earthen ramparts, which are generally believedto be the most northern remains of the ancient city ofBabylon. From their summit the traveller scans a bound-less plain,…
