Nineveh and Its Remains, 1; With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1849. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAP. X. EXCAVATIONS ON A LARGE SCALE UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM. PREPARATIONS. CHOICE OK WORKMEN. DWELLING HOUSES BUILT AT NIMROUD. BAS-RELIEFS DISCOVERED. DESCRIPTION OF THEM. DISCOVERY OF ARMOUR AND HELMETS. -- OF VASES. OF NEW CHAMBERS. OF THE OBELISK. --DESCRIPTION OF THE OBELISK. DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE MOUND. WINGED LIONS. CROUCHING SPHINXES. DISCOVERY OP TOMBS IN THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE MOUND. ARAB WORKMEN. MODE OF IRRIGATION. CUSTOMS OF THE ARABS. FACILITY OF DIVORCE. ARAB REVENGE. ARAB WOMEN.--THE WORKMEN. THE TIYARI OR CUALDjEANS. THEIR WOMEN. A RAFT PLUNDERED. SEIZURE OF AN ARAB SHEIKH ARAB EXCITEMENT. -- DEPARTURE OF SCULPTURES FOR BUSRAH. On my return to Mosul, I received letters from England, informing me that Sir Stratford Canning had presented the sculptures discovered in Assyria, and had made over all advantages that might be derived from the order given to him by the Sultan, to the British nation; and thatfthe British Museum had received a grant of funds for the continuation of the researches commenced at Nimroud, and elsewhere. The grant was small, and scarcely adequate to the objects in view. There were many difficulties to contend with, and I was doubtful whether, with the means placed at my disposal, I should be able to fulfil the expectations which appeared to have been formed, as to the results of the undertaking. The sum given to M. Botta for the excavations at Khorsabad alone, greatly exceeded the whole grant to the Museum, which was to include private expenses, those of carriage, and many extraordinary outlays inevitable in the East, when works of this nature are to be carried on. I determined, however, to accept the charge of superintending the excavations, to make every exertion, and to economi...