Category: Travel Writing
The Trustees of the British Museum resume Excavations at Nineveh.--Departure from Constantinople.--Description of our Party.--Roads from Trebizond to Erzeroom.--Description of the Country.--Armenian Churches.--Erzeroom.--Reshid Pasha.--The Dudjook Tribes.--Shahan Bey.--Turkish...
RESULTS OF THE DISCOVERIES TO CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY.--NAMES OF ASSYRIAN KINGS IN THE INSCRIPTIONS.--A DATE FIXED.--THE NAME OF JEHU.--THE OBELISK KING.--THE EARLIER KINGS.--SAR...
37. CHAPTER XI.PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY TO THE KHABOUR.--SCULPTURES DISCOVERED THERE.--SHEIKH SUTTUM.--HIS REDIFF.--DEPARTURE FROM MOSUL.--FIRST ENCAMPMENT.--ABOU KHAMEERA.--A STORM.--TEL ER...
31. CHAPTER V.RENEWAL OF EXCAVATIONS AT KOUYUNJIK.--FIRST VISIT TO NIMROUD.--STATE OF RUINS.--RENEW EXCAVATIONS IN MOUND.--VISIT OF COLONEL RAWLINSON.--MR. H. RASSAM.--THE JEBOUR WORKMEN AT K...
51. CHAPTER XXV.PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE.--SAHIMAN.--PLUNDER OF HIS CAMELS.--LEAVE BAGHDAD.--JOURNEY THROUGH MESOPOTAMIA.--EARLY ARAB REMAINS.--THE MEDIAN WALL.--TEKRIT.--HORSES STOLEN.--INST...
50. CHAPTER XXIV.RUINS IN SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA.--DEPARTURE FROM HILLAH.--SAND-HILLS.--VILLAGES IN THE JEZIREH.--SHEIKH KARBOUL.--RUINS.--FIRST VIEW OF NIFFER.--THE MARSHES.--ARAB BOATS.--ARRIVE...
48. CHAPTER XXII.THE CHIEFS OF HILLAH.--PRESENT OF LIONS.--THE SON OF THE GOVERNOR.--DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN.--ZAID.--THE RUINS OF BABYLON.--CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE EUPHRATES.--THE WALLS.--...
32. CHAPTER VI.DISCOVERY OF GRAND ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE OF KOUYUNJIK.--OF THE NAME OF SENNACHERIB IN THE INSCRIPTIONS.--THE RECORDS OF THAT KING IN THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE BULLS.--AN ABRIDGED...
30. CHAPTER IV.STATE OF THE EXCAVATIONS ON MY RETURN TO MOSUL.--DISCOVERIES AT KOUYUNJIK.--TUNNELS IN THE MOUND.--BAS-RELIEFS REPRESENTING ASSYRIAN CONQUESTS.--A WELL.--SIEGE OF A CITY.--NATUR...
47. CHAPTER XXI.PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING NINEVEH.--DEPARTURE FOR BABYLON.--DESCENT OF THE RIVER.--TEKRIT.--THE STATE OF THE RIVERS OF MESOPOTAMIA.--COMMERCE UPON THEM.--TURKISH ROADS.--THE PLAI...
43. CHAPTER XVII.THE SUMMER.--ENCAMPMENT AT KOUYUNJIK.--VISITORS.--MODE OF LIFE.--DEPARTURE FOR THE MOUNTAINS.--AKRA.--ROCK-TABLETS AT GUNDUK.--DISTRICT OF ZIBARI.--NAMET AGHA.--DISTRICT OF SHIR...
45. CHAPTER XIX.LEAVE WAN.--THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH.--THE ISLAND OF AKHTAMAR.--AN ARMENIAN CHURCH.--HISTORY OF THE CONVENT.--PASS INTO MUKUS.--THE DISTRICT OF MUKUS.--OF SHATTAK.--OF NOURDOOZ.--...
42. CHAPTER XVI.DISCOVERIES AT KOUYUNJIK.--PROCESSION OF FIGURES BEARING FRUIT AND GAME.--LOCUSTS.--LED HORSES.--AN ASSYRIAN CAMPAIGN.--DAGON, OR THE FISH-GOD.--THE CHAMBERS OF RECORDS.--INSCRI...
29. CHAPTER III.RECEPTION BY THE YEZIDIS.--VILLAGE OF GUZELDER.--TRIUMPHAL MARCH TO REDWAN.--REDWAN.--ARMENIAN CHURCH.--THE MELEK TAOUS, OR BRAZEN BIRD.--TILLEH.--VALLEY OF THE TIGRIS.--BAS REL...
49. CHAPTER XXIII.STATE OF THE RUINS OF BABYLON.--CAUSE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BUILDINGS.--NATURE OF ORIGINAL EDIFICES.--BABYLONIAN BRICKS.--THE HISTORY OF BABYLON.--ITS FALL.--ITS REMARKABLE PO...
44. CHAPTER XVIII.MEHEMET PASHA.--DESCRIPTION OF WAN.--ITS HISTORY.--IMPROVEMENT IN ITS CONDITION.--THE ARMENIAN BISHOP.--THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS.--THE CAVES OF KHORKHOR.--THE MEHER KAPOUSI.--...
40. CHAPTER XIV.LEAVE ARBAN.--THE BANKS OF THE KHABOUR.--ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS.--MIJWELL.--THE CADI OF THE BEDOUINS.--THE THAR, OR BLOOD REVENGE.--CAUTION OF ARABS.--A NATURAL CAVERN.--AN EXTINCT V...
34. CHAPTER VIII.CONTENTS OF NEWLY DISCOVERED CHAMBER.--A WELL.--LARGE COPPER CALDRONS.--BELLS, RINGS, AND OTHER OBJECTS IN METAL.--TRIPODS.--CALDRONS AND LARGE VESSELS.--BRONZE BOWLS, CUPS, AND...
46. CHAPTER XX.DISCOVERIES AT KOUYUNJIK DURING THE SUMMER.--DESCRIPTION OF THE SCULPTURES.--CAPTURE OF CITIES ON A GREAT RIVER.--POMP OF ASSYRIAN KING.--ALABASTER PAVEMENT.--CONQUEST OF TRIBES...
35. CHAPTER IX.VISIT TO THE WINGED LIONS BY NIGHT.--THE BITUMEN SPRINGS.--REMOVAL OF THE WINGED LIONS TO THE RIVER.--FLOODS AT NIMROUD.--YEZIDI MARRIAGE FESTIVAL.--BAAZANI.--VISIT TO BAVIAN.--...
27. CHAPTER I.THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM RESUME EXCAVATIONS AT NINEVEH.--DEPARTURE FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.--DESCRIPTION OF OUR PARTY.--ROADS FROM TREBIZOND TO ERZEROOM.--DESCRIPTION OF T...
39. CHAPTER XIII.RESIDENCE AT ARBAN.--MOHAMMED EMIN'S TENT.--THE AGAYDAT.--OUR TENTS.--BREAD-BAKING.--FOOD OF THE BEDOUINS.--THIN BREAD.--THE PRODUCE OF THEIR FLOCKS.--DISEASES AMONGST THEM.--TH...
36. CHAPTER X.VISIT TO KALAH SHERGHAT PREVENTED.--VISIT TO SHOMAMOK.--KESHAF.--THE HOWAR.--A BEDOUIN.--HIS MISSION.--DESCENT OF ARAB HORSES.--THEIR PEDIGREE.--RUINS OF MOKHAMOUR.--THE MOUND O...
33. CHAPTER VII.ROAD OPENED FOR REMOVAL OF WINGED LIONS.--DISCOVERY OF VAULTED DRAIN.--OF OTHER ARCHES.--OF PAINTED BRICKS.--ATTACK OF THE TAI ON THE VILLAGE OF NIMROUD.--VISIT TO THE HOWAR.--D...
28. CHAPTER II.THE LAKE OF WAN.--AKHLAT.-TATAR TOMBS.--ANCIENT REMAINS.--A DERVISH.--A FRIEND.--THE MUDIR.--ARMENIAN REMAINS.--AN ARMENIAN CONVENT AND BISHOP.--JOURNEY TO BITLIS.--NIMROUD DAGH...
41. CHAPTER XV.DEPARTURE FROM THE KHABOUR.--ARAB SAGACITY.--THE HOL.--THE LAKE OF KHATOUNIYAH.--RETURN OF SUTTUM.--ENCAMPMENT OF THE SHAMMAR.--ARAB HORSES.--THEIR BREEDS.--THEIR VALUE.--THEIR...
38. CHAPTER XII.ARBAN.--OUR ENCAMPMENT.--SUTTUM AND MOHAMMED EMIN.--WINGED BULLS DISCOVERED.--EXCAVATIONS COMMENCED.--THEIR RESULTS.--DISCOVERY OF SMALL OBJECTS--OF SECOND PAIR OF WINGED BULLS-...
53. book xix. &c.[209] The form of the letters certainly approach the cuneiform character when written with simple lines, as it is sometimes seen on Assyrian relics and monuments. (See Nineveh a...
26. CHAPTER XXVI.Results of the Discoveries to Chronology and History.--Names of Assyrian Kings in the Inscriptions.--A Date fixed.--The Name of Jehu.--The Obelisk King.--The earlier Kings--Sard...
6. CHAPTER VI.Discovery of Grand Entrance to the Palace of Kouyunjik.--Of the Name of Sennacherib in the Inscriptions.--The Records of that King in the Inscriptions on the Bulls.--An Abridged...
11. CHAPTER XI.Preparations for a Journey to the Khabour.--Sculptures discovered there.--Sheikh Suttum.--His Rediff.--Departure from Mosul.--First Encampment.--Abou Khameera.--A Storm.--Tel Er...
5. CHAPTER V.Renewal of Excavations at Kouyunjik.--First Visit to Nimroud.-- State of Ruins.--Renew Excavations in Mound.--Visit of Col. Rawlinson.--Mr. H. Rassam.--The Jebour Workmen at Kou...
25. CHAPTER XXV.Preparations for Departure.--Sahiman.--Plunder of his Camels.-- Leave Baghdad.--Journey through Mesopotamia.--Early Arab Remains.--The Median Wall.--Tekrit.--Horses stolen.--Ins...
20. CHAPTER XX.Discoveries at Kouyunjik during the Summer.--Description of the Sculptures.--Capture of Cities on a great River.--Pomp of Assyrian King.--Alabaster Pavement.--Conquest of Tribes...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Leave Arban.--The Banks of the Khabour.--Artificial Mounds.-- Mijwell.--The Cadi of the Bedouins.--The _Thar_ or Blood-Revenge.--Caution of Arabs.--A natural Cavern.--An extinct...
22. CHAPTER XXII.The Chiefs of Hillah.--Present of Lions.--The Son of the Governor.--Description of the Town.--Zaid.--The Ruins of Babylon.--Changes in the Course of the Euphrates.--The Walls.--...
21. CHAPTER XXI.Preparations for leaving Nineveh.--Departure for Babylon.-- Descent of the River.--Tekrit.--The State of the Rivers of Mesopotamia.--Commerce upon them.--Turkish Roads.--The Pla...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Discoveries at Kouyunjik.--Procession of Figures bearing Fruit and Game.--Locusts.--Led Horses.--An Assyrian Campaign.--Dagon, or the Fish-God.--The Chambers of Records.--Inscri...
24. CHAPTER XXIV.Ruins in Southern Mesopotamia.--Departure from Hillah.-- Sand-Hills.--Villages in the Jezireh.--Sheikh Karboul.-- Ruins.--First View of Niffer.--The Marshes.--Arab Boats.-- Arri...
4. CHAPTER IV.State of the Excavations on my Return to Mosul.--Discoveries at Kouyunjik.--Tunnels in the Mound.--Bas-reliefs representing Assyrian Conquests.--A Well.--Siege of a City.--Natur...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.State of the Ruins of Babylon.--Cause of the Disappearance of Buildings.--Nature of original Edifices.--Babylonian Bricks.-- The History of Babylon.--Its Fall.--Its Remarkable P...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Residence at Arban.--Mohammed Emin's Tent.--The Agaydat.--our Tents.--Bread-baking.--Food of the Bedouins.--Thin Bread.--The Produce of their Flocks.--Diseases amongst them.--Th...
19. CHAPTER XIX.Leave Wan.--The Armenian Patriarch.--The Island of Akhtamar.-- An Armenian Church.--History of the Convent.--Pass into Mukus.--The District of Mukus--of Shattak--of Nourdooz.--A...
10. CHAPTER X.Visit to Kalah Sherghat prevented.--Visit to Shomamok.-- Keshaf.--The Howar.--A Bedouin.--His Mission.--Descent of Arab Horses.--Their Pedigree.--Ruins of Mokhamour.--The Mound...
17. CHAPTER XVII.The Summer.--Encampment at Kouyunjik.--Visitors.--Mode of Life.--Departure for the Mountains.--Akra.--Rock-Tablets at Gunduk.--District of Zibari.--Namet Agha.--District of Shir...
3. CHAPTER III.Reception by the Yezidis.--Village of Guzelder.--Triumphal March to Redwan.--Redwan.--Armenian Church.--The Melek Taous, or Brazen Bird.--Tilleh.--Valley of the Tigris.--Bas-rel...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Contents of newly-discovered Chamber.--A Well.--Large Copper Caldrons.--Bells, Rings, and other Objects in Metal.-- Tripods.--Caldrons and large Vessels.--Bronze Bowls, Cups, an...
1. CHAPTER I.The Trustees of the British Museum resume Excavations at Nineveh.--Departure from Constantinople.--Description of our Party.--Roads from Trebizond to Erzeroom.--Description of t...
7. CHAPTER VII.Road open for removal of Winged Lions.--Discovery of Vaulted Drain.--Of other Arches.--Of Painted Bricks.--Attack of the Tai on the Village of Nimroud.--Visit to the Howar.--Des...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Mehemet Pasha.--Description of Wan.--Its History.--Improvement in its Condition.--The Armenian Bishop.--The Cuneiform Inscriptions.--The Caves of Khorkhor.--The Meher Kapousi.--...
15. CHAPTER XV.Departure from the Khabour.--Arab Sagacity.--The Hol.--The Lake of Khatouniyah.--Return of Suttum.--Encampment of the Shammar.--Arab Horses--their Breeds--their Value--their Spe...
9. CHAPTER IX.Visit to the Winged Lions by Night.--The Bitumen Springs.-- Removal of the Winged Lions to the River.--Floods at Nimroud.-- Yezidi Marriage Festival.--Baazani.--Visit to Bavian....
12. CHAPTER XII.Arban.--Our Encampment.--Suttum and Mohammed Emin.--Winged Bulls discovered.--Excavations commenced.--Their Results.-- Discovery of Small Objects--of Second Pair of Winged Bulls...
2. CHAPTER II.The Lake of Wan.--Akhlat.--Tatar Tombs.--Ancient Remains.--A Dervish.--A Friend.--The Mudir.--Armenian Remains.--An Armenian Convent and Bishop.--Journey to Bitlis.--Nimroud Dag...