Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
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.--Site of the Battle of Arbela.--Description of Rock-Sculptures.-- Inscriptions.--The Shabbaks 167