The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals (1840)
Murray, John, 1786?-1851 · London : W. Smith · leaf 262
be heated. The annexedwood-cut is copied from asignet found among the ruinsof Babylon, and now in thepossession of Mr. Burgoyne,and most clearly and unequi-vocally attests, by a powerfulevidence, the truth of the sacred record, in referenceto the sentence referred to. There are three figures inan… … 248 space. Sir Robert Ker Porter found, in the vicinityof the Birs, lumps of black vitrified matter; and con-cludes that these may have belonged to furnaces. Healso instances a tradition among the natives respectingthe great triangular mound to the east of the Birs ;namely, that, by order of…
Creation · Archaeology
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