. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . Ruins of Hamm^im. to attract attention. Owing to the falling away of thebrickwork at its sides and base, and to the projection ofits upper parts, this building has, in the distance, underthe influence of mirage, the appearance of a giganticnuishroom. Its total height is about fifty feet, of whichtwenty is a conical mound supporting a mass of unbakedbrickwork. Its original form has evidently been square,but the sides are now
. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . Ruins of Hamm^im. to attract attention. Owing to the falling away of thebrickwork at its sides and base, and to the projection ofits upper parts, this building has, in the distance, underthe influence of mirage, the appearance of a giganticnuishroom. Its total height is about fifty feet, of whichtwenty is a conical mound supporting a mass of unbakedbrickwork. Its original form has evidently been square,but the sides are now reduced to seventy-eight feet each,and the angles are rounded off. Judging by other ruinsof similar character, and by the numerous broken frag-ments lying upon the sloping sides of the mound, it wasprobably faced externally with kiln-baked bricks. Themost northerly angle points twenty degrees east of deep channel, formed by the rains of winter, divideseach side into equal parts, and leaves the angles projectino-like four rounded turrets. The action of the weather,too, has likewise worn away these apparent towers, and THE ANCIENT STATUE. 115 exposed a layer
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