The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . rji i i-Ff >^ I BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 2G maneser I., about one thousand three hundred years be-fore our era. The ruins now cover an area equal to onethousand acres, and in their general outline describe anirregular quadrangle, whose sides face the four cardinalpoints. On the north and east could be traced the oldrampart, once flanked with towers, and pierced withgates. The royal quarter of the city, occupied by the. TUNNEL IN THE TOWER OF NIMKOUD. palaces of the kings, was on the west, bounded
The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . rji i i-Ff >^ I BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 2G maneser I., about one thousand three hundred years be-fore our era. The ruins now cover an area equal to onethousand acres, and in their general outline describe anirregular quadrangle, whose sides face the four cardinalpoints. On the north and east could be traced the oldrampart, once flanked with towers, and pierced withgates. The royal quarter of the city, occupied by the. TUNNEL IN THE TOWER OF NIMKOUD. palaces of the kings, was on the west, bounded by theTigris, which, no doubt, once flowed close to the citywalls. On a raised platform, forty feet high, and cover-ing an area of sixty acres, constructed of sun-dried bricks,and incased with solid stone masonry, were erected thepalaces of successive monarchs, and two temples dedi- 268 THRONES AND PALACES OF cated to the gods of Assyria. At its north-west angle isthe Tower of Nimroiid, one hundred and fifty feet high,and the fourth of a mile in circumference. Descendingfrom its summit, we entered its deep, long trenches, madefor purposes of exploration. Its foundations are con-structed of large, square blocks of stone, laid upon eachother without mortar. At the north-west corner is acircular projection or bastion; and in the interior of thetower is a gallery, six feet broad, twelve feet high, andone hundred feet long, which some suppose leads to thetomb of the king, but that has not yet been
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