. Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon : with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the desert : being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the British museum. Scientific expeditions. Subterranean Excavations at Kouyunjik. CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE EXCAVATIONS ON MY EETUEN TO MOSUL. DISCOVERIES AT KOUYUNJIK. TUNNELS IN THE MOUND. BAS-EELIEFS EEPEESENTING ASSYRIAN CONQUESTS. A WELL.—SIEGE OF A CITY. NATUEE OF SCULP- TUEES AT KOUYUNJIK. ARRANGEMENTS FOR EENEWAL OF EXCAVATIONS. •-DESOEIPTION OF MOUND. KIAMIL PASHA. VISIT TO SHEIKH ADI.— YEZIDI CEEEMONIES. SHE


. Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon : with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the desert : being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the British museum. Scientific expeditions. Subterranean Excavations at Kouyunjik. CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE EXCAVATIONS ON MY EETUEN TO MOSUL. DISCOVERIES AT KOUYUNJIK. TUNNELS IN THE MOUND. BAS-EELIEFS EEPEESENTING ASSYRIAN CONQUESTS. A WELL.—SIEGE OF A CITY. NATUEE OF SCULP- TUEES AT KOUYUNJIK. ARRANGEMENTS FOR EENEWAL OF EXCAVATIONS. •-DESOEIPTION OF MOUND. KIAMIL PASHA. VISIT TO SHEIKH ADI.— YEZIDI CEEEMONIES. SHEIKH JINDI. YEZIDI MEETING. DEESS OF THE WOMEN. BAVIAN.—DOCTEINES OF THE YEZIDI. JEEEAIYAH. RETURN TO MOSUL. On the morning after our arrival in Mosul, I rode at sun- rise to Kouyunjik. The reader may remember that, of my return to Europe in 1847, Mr. Koss had continued the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894. New York : Putnam


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