Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands: Babylon, Nineveh, Palestine, Egypt, Central America, Italy, Etc., Etc., Etc |
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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 ments Mexican Mexico mighty modern monarchs monuments mound nations native Nile Nimroud Nineveh origin ornaments Osiris palaces peculiar period plain Pompeii pottery priests probably pyramid of Cholula pyramids race records reign relics remains remarkable rites Roman Rome Rosetta Stone Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Samian ware scene sculptures seems Shinar singular stone strange symbol temple thou tion tombs traces tumuli Typhon Uxmal vast walls whole worship Yucatan