Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and Persia, with an Account of the Recent Researches in Those Countries, Tom 18A. Hall, Virtue & Company, 1850 - 436 |
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... Porter , and other Travellers - Derivation of Greek Art from the Persians - Remarks of Sir William Ouseley - Tombs behind Persepolis - Ruins of Murgháb - Tomb of Cyrus - Pasargada , Ancient and Modern Accounts of - Harám of Jemshíd ...
... Porter , and other Travellers - Derivation of Greek Art from the Persians - Remarks of Sir William Ouseley - Tombs behind Persepolis - Ruins of Murgháb - Tomb of Cyrus - Pasargada , Ancient and Modern Accounts of - Harám of Jemshíd ...
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... Porter , Morier , and Rich are familiar in our ears as household words . It may , however , be doubted whether the public generally have any very clear ideas of what has been really performed , or what has been the result of their ...
... Porter , Morier , and Rich are familiar in our ears as household words . It may , however , be doubted whether the public generally have any very clear ideas of what has been really performed , or what has been the result of their ...
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... Porter has remarked , " can enter Persia without remembering that he is about to tread a land which a long Malcolm , i . p . 220 , & c . line of native princes covered with cities and towns , 84 [ CHAP . V. NINEVEH AND PERSEPOLIS .
... Porter has remarked , " can enter Persia without remembering that he is about to tread a land which a long Malcolm , i . p . 220 , & c . line of native princes covered with cities and towns , 84 [ CHAP . V. NINEVEH AND PERSEPOLIS .
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... Porter . It is at present in a ruinous state , but apparently of the same date as many of the Persepolitan remains , while a pilaster stands near it bearing cuneiform inscriptions in the same character which are found at Persepolis . If ...
... Porter . It is at present in a ruinous state , but apparently of the same date as many of the Persepolitan remains , while a pilaster stands near it bearing cuneiform inscriptions in the same character which are found at Persepolis . If ...
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... Porter and Rich . We have been induced to devote some time to the description of some early travellers , who had not extended their journies beyond the Holy Land , chiefly because they are comparatively little known , and because there ...
... Porter and Rich . We have been induced to devote some time to the description of some early travellers , who had not extended their journies beyond the Holy Land , chiefly because they are comparatively little known , and because there ...
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