Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The asterisk (*) indicates that the illustration has been added by the Editor to the
material furnished by the contributors.
The Excavations at the Temple Court in Nippur . . . Frontispiece
From a photograph taken by the Babylonian Expedition of the University
of Pennsylvania.
ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA.
Page
Georg Friedrich Grotefend ......... 2
From the photograph of an oil painting presented to the Editor by Grotefend's
grandson, Herr Ober-Postkassen-Kassirer Grotefend, Hanover.
In the Trenches of Nuffar 3
From a photograph taken by the Babylonian Expedition of the University of
Pennsylvania.
The 'Afej Marshes near Nuffar ........ 5
From a photograph taken by the Babylonian Expedition of the University of
Pennsylvania.
'Aqarquf, the "Tower of Babel" of Early Travellers . Opp. p. 15
From Chesney, " The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and
Tigris," Vol. I.
El-Qasr, East Face ........... 29
From Rich's Collected Memoirs, edited by his widow.
Kelek, or Native Raft, Composed of Goat Skins 35
From Victor Place, Ninive et V Assyrie.
The Euphrates above Der,
with the Ruins of Zelebiye on the Left
Opp. p. 36
From Chesney, /. c, Vol. I.
Babil, West Face, as it Appeared in 181 1 39
From Rich's Collected Memoirs, edited by his widow.
The Steamers "Euphrates" and "Tigris" Descending the Euphrates 59
From Chesney, " Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition."
Loss of the " Tigris " during a Hurricane . . . Opp. p. 60
From Chesney, "Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition."
The Rock of Behistun, with the Great Trilingual Inscription . . 71
From George Rawliuson, " A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke
Rawlinson." (By permission of the editor and of the publishers, Messrs.
Longmans, Green & Co., London.)
Mound and Village of Khorsabad, from the West 75
From Botta and Flandin, Monuments de Ninive.
Bas-Relief from the Palace of Sargon, Khorsabad .... 80
From Botta and Flandin, /. c.
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