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 374
ts narrow resting-place. Butno sooner did the outer air reach the empty crust of humanitythan it fell away into dust, leaving only the skull and one ortwo bones. Small cups or vases in the same glazed pottery,and a few beads and engraved gems, were occasionally XII.] DISCOVERY OF COFFINS. gathered…