Nineveh and Its Ruins Or the History of the Great City - 102 pages |
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ancient Arabs arms army arrows Asshur Assyrian Assyrian empire Babylon bas-reliefs battle beautiful Bible Botta bulls captives carried cedar chamber character chariots clothed conquest Crystal Palace cuneiform deity discovery divine earth emblem empire enemy eunuch Euphrates Ezekiel feet glory gourd grandeur hast hath head heaven height Hezekiah honour horses hundred idolatry inhabitants inscriptions Israel Jerusalem Jonah Khorsabad king of Assyria kingdom Kouyunjik Layard Lebanon Lord luxury magnificent MAN-BULL Medes midst mighty monarch monument Mosul mound Nahum nations Nimroud Nineveh Ninus Nisroch north-west palace ornaments overthrow priests prince prophet reign religious remains represented rich right hand river royal ruins sacred tree saith Scripture sculptured seen Semiramis Sennacherib sent Shalmaneser siege slabs stand symbol Syria Tarshish temple thee thou throne thy merchandise thy merchants Tigris Tyre victory walls warriors wealth whole wickedness winged figures winged human-headed worship