Ruins of Sacred and Historic LandsThomas Nelson, 1850 - 392 Seiten |
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... preserve their social unity . " And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower , which the children of men builded . " When we reflect on this remarkable passage , and think of that first great effort of architectural power and ...
... preserve their social unity . " And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower , which the children of men builded . " When we reflect on this remarkable passage , and think of that first great effort of architectural power and ...
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... preserved in the Cabinet du Roi , at Paris , and was first depicted by Count Caylus , but not very accurately , in his work on Anti- quities . It attracted the attention of the celebrated Champollion , who deciphered correctly the ...
... preserved in the Cabinet du Roi , at Paris , and was first depicted by Count Caylus , but not very accurately , in his work on Anti- quities . It attracted the attention of the celebrated Champollion , who deciphered correctly the ...
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... Nebuchadnezzar , the best and most per- fect copy of which is engraved on a slab preserved in the India House . This , he said , is a sort of hieratic statisti- D cal charter . He did not pretend to be able THE DOOM OF BABYLON . 49.
... Nebuchadnezzar , the best and most per- fect copy of which is engraved on a slab preserved in the India House . This , he said , is a sort of hieratic statisti- D cal charter . He did not pretend to be able THE DOOM OF BABYLON . 49.
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... preserved the name of the prophet Jonah , still associated with the presumed scene of his succes- ful ministrations . It will be a remarkable example of the endurance of local tradition , if it shall be found that the latter is indeed ...
... preserved the name of the prophet Jonah , still associated with the presumed scene of his succes- ful ministrations . It will be a remarkable example of the endurance of local tradition , if it shall be found that the latter is indeed ...
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... preservation ; the most minute lines of the details of the wings , and in the ornaments , had been retained with their original freshness . I used , " adds the enthusiastic travel- ler , " to contemplate for hours these mysterious ...
... preservation ; the most minute lines of the details of the wings , and in the ornaments , had been retained with their original freshness . I used , " adds the enthusiastic travel- ler , " to contemplate for hours these mysterious ...
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Adjunta ages amid ancient antiquities appear Asiatic Assyrian Babylon Babylonian beautiful believed bricks builders building buried caves centuries character Cholula Christian civilization continent creed cuneiform curious deity desolate discovered discovery divine dynasty early earth Edom Egyp Egypt Egyptian Egyptian mythology Ellora empire evidence excavations feet furnish Greek hand Herculaneum hieroglyphic historian human hundred Idumea Indians inscriptions interesting investigations Jerusalem Khorsabad king labour land Layard magnificence Major Rawlinson Manetho marble ments Mexico modern monarchs monuments mound nations native Nile Nimroud Nineveh numerous origin ornaments Osiris palaces peculiar period plain Pompeii pottery priests probably pyramid of Cholula pyramids race records reign relics remains remarkable Roman Rome Rosetta Stone Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Samian ware scene sculptures seems Shinar singular stone strange symbol temple thou Tinted Engravings tion tombs traces tumuli Typhon Uxmal vast walls whole worship Yucatan
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Seite 10 - 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.
Seite 113 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Seite 10 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Seite 101 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth...
Seite 55 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
Seite 58 - So the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Seite 45 - BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Seite 13 - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Seite 364 - And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David) ; to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Seite 40 - The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.