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. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. -](, B|^^gs§vr3 ^ ^^ a F? uiv 5=; Plan I.—Palace of The trenches dug under Mr. Rosss directions, in the south-ern corner, opposite the town of Mosul, were still open. Thetwo chambers he had explored formed part of the great 1.] UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS. 5 palace standing on this angle of the mound, already partlyexplored.* The bas-reliefs, however, were much defaced. They recorded the conquest by Sennacherib of a nationinhabiting the banks of a river. The captive women weredi
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. -](, B|^^gs§vr3 ^ ^^ a F? uiv 5=; Plan I.—Palace of The trenches dug under Mr. Rosss directions, in the south-ern corner, opposite the town of Mosul, were still open. Thetwo chambers he had explored formed part of the great 1.] UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS. 5 palace standing on this angle of the mound, already partlyexplored.* The bas-reliefs, however, were much defaced. They recorded the conquest by Sennacherib of a nationinhabiting the banks of a river. The captive women weredistinguished by long embroidered robes fringed with walls of the castles had a peculiar wedge-shaped orna-ment, and stood on the bank of a river or marsh, indicatedby canes or reeds, and in a district producing the palm Assyrians having captured the strong places by escalade,were carrying the inhabitants into captivity, and driving awaycattle, camels, and carts drawn by oxen. Some of the menbore large baskets of osier work, and the women vases orcauldrons. The king, standing in his chariot, attended byhis warriors, and preceded by an eunuch regis
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