The North American Review, Volume 4University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
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Page 342
... Babylon , most examined by modern travellers . ] Note of the Editor . " The quantity of bitumen that must have been employed in building Babylon , is scarcely credible . Most probably it was procur- ed from Hit , on the Euphrates ...
... Babylon , most examined by modern travellers . ] Note of the Editor . " The quantity of bitumen that must have been employed in building Babylon , is scarcely credible . Most probably it was procur- ed from Hit , on the Euphrates ...
Page 345
... Babylon , are reported pretty much alike by Beauchamp and Niebuhr . The first gives them at one foot and three lines square , by three inches in thickness ; the latter at a foot square , but omitting to state the thickness , otherwise ...
... Babylon , are reported pretty much alike by Beauchamp and Niebuhr . The first gives them at one foot and three lines square , by three inches in thickness ; the latter at a foot square , but omitting to state the thickness , otherwise ...
Page 349
... Babylon , if sought after ; but the Arabs pick them up only when they know Europeans are desirous of them . One of copper was brought me whilst I was there . In comparing it with different Parthian medals , I observed that all the heads ...
... Babylon , if sought after ; but the Arabs pick them up only when they know Europeans are desirous of them . One of copper was brought me whilst I was there . In comparing it with different Parthian medals , I observed that all the heads ...
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