The Life of the Ancient East: Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern ExcavationMacmillan, 1923 - 463 páginas |
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... GLORY • VII LAGASH , THE TYPICAL CITY - STATE OF EARLY BABY- LONIA VHI BABYLON , THE FOUNTAIN OF LAW • 19 1680 49 83 · 110 153 • 183 · 225 261 · · · 308 XI MYCENÆ , AND THE FORTRESS - PALACES OF GREECE XII KNOSSOS , THE HOME OF THE SEA ...
... GLORY • VII LAGASH , THE TYPICAL CITY - STATE OF EARLY BABY- LONIA VHI BABYLON , THE FOUNTAIN OF LAW • 19 1680 49 83 · 110 153 • 183 · 225 261 · · · 308 XI MYCENÆ , AND THE FORTRESS - PALACES OF GREECE XII KNOSSOS , THE HOME OF THE SEA ...
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... all his glory , let alone Nabopolassar , the discovery , while of great importance because of the immediate revival of in- terest in excavation which it would have created , would INTRODUCTORY . THE WORK AND METHODS 15.
... all his glory , let alone Nabopolassar , the discovery , while of great importance because of the immediate revival of in- terest in excavation which it would have created , would INTRODUCTORY . THE WORK AND METHODS 15.
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... glory of their race , just before it passes away forever . The great warrior - kings of his dynasty , foremost among them Thothmes III , had built up , by ceaseless wars , an Egyptian Empire , stretching from the fourth Cataract of the ...
... glory of their race , just before it passes away forever . The great warrior - kings of his dynasty , foremost among them Thothmes III , had built up , by ceaseless wars , an Egyptian Empire , stretching from the fourth Cataract of the ...
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... glory of martial pomp swelled the hearts of his sub- jects , he deliberately turned his back upon heroics . He was the first man to preach simplicity , honesty , frankness , and sincerity ; and he preached it from a throne . He was the ...
... glory of martial pomp swelled the hearts of his sub- jects , he deliberately turned his back upon heroics . He was the first man to preach simplicity , honesty , frankness , and sincerity ; and he preached it from a throne . He was the ...
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... glory and pride . " Art thou better than No - Amon , " says the prophet Nahum , denouncing judgment on Nineveh , " that was situate among the rivers , that had the waters round about it , whose rampart was the sea , and her wall was ...
... glory and pride . " Art thou better than No - Amon , " says the prophet Nahum , denouncing judgment on Nineveh , " that was situate among the rivers , that had the waters round about it , whose rampart was the sea , and her wall was ...
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Página 60 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Página 241 - And they said : Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 93 - Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Página 299 - WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled ; And dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee ! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled ; And when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Página 254 - If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause the death of the owner of the house — that builder shall be put to death.
Página 263 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Página 60 - The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens., Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Página 263 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : And I have removed the bounds of the people, And have robbed their treasures, And I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man...
Página 89 - After getting through these passages, some of them two or three hundred yards long, you generally find a more commodious place, perhaps high enough to sit. But what a place of rest! Surrounded by bodies, by heaps of mummies in all directions; which, previous to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the...
Página 89 - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support; so that I...