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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 437

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esconnected \vith the palace, have as yet been discoveredbelow the platform. The inscriptions, it is said, refer to four distinct parts ofthe palace, three of which, inhabited by the women, seemsubsequently to have been reduced to one. It is not clearwhether they were all on the ground floor, or… … e a. G XIV.] ASSVJ^IAN PALACES. jj formed different stories. Mr. Fergusson, in his ingeniouswork on the restoration of the palaces of Nineveh, in whichhe has, with great learning and research, fully examined thesubject of the architecture of the Assyrians and ancientPersians, endeavours to divide…

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

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