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 453
city could be taken.f The remains still existingof these fortifications almost confirm the statement of Dio-dorus Siculus, that the walls were a hundred feet high, andthat three chariots could drive upon them abreast; and lead * See 2nd series of Monuments of Nineveh, Plate 43. + The distance from… … I S cn o o o X ^5i#*^ ^ i) Chap.XIV.] VIEW FROM KOUYUNJIK. 399 to the conclusion that, in describing the ramparts forming thecircuit round the whole city, ancient historians were confound-ing them with those which inclosed only a separate quarter, ora royal residence, as they have also done in…
