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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 87

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ly exploring that remarkable ruin, I had em-ployed nearly all the workmen in opening a tunnel into itswestern base. After penetrating for no less than eighty-fourfeet through a compact mass of rubbish, composed of loose * See Nineveh and its Remains, p. 104. + See Richs Residence in Kurdistan and… … Vaulted chajnber or tomb.Excavated tunnel.Basement stone wall.Brick outside wall.Mass of sun-dried bricks.Artificial platform or mound.Earth mixed with a few fragments ofbricks. 8. Earth mixed with fragments of brick,stone, and bones. Q. Line of deposit of broken brick.)o. The line of pebble…

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

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