Word: niffer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Peters' lecture last night was one of considerable interest and showed clearly how successfully he has carried on the expedition at Niffer, but it would have been much more agreeable if some effort had been made toward ventilation in the room. We have often referred before to this apparently trifling subject of fresh air and comfort in the class room and at lectures, and while some of our large halls are poorly arranged for ventilation, it seems as if better arrangements could be made for the comfort of such a large audience as was present last night. This lack...
...audience which listened to Dr. Peters in the Jefferson Laboratory last evening did not carry away a very lasting impression of all details of the Temple of Bel at Niffer, they certainly brought away a vivid impression of the courage, persistence and tact needed by the leader of such an expedition as that which Dr. Peters has just undertaken...
...talk on the temple of Bel consisted mainly in an explanation of a series of photographs illustrating the excavations at Niffer, and an interesting account of the conditions and difficulties under which the work of excavation was carried...
...spent two winters there digging for remains of one of the oldest civilizations is rarer still. We may tonight expect from Dr. Peters an account of his heroic and successful struggle against many odds, and of the valuable discoveries which he made in the temple of Bel at Niffer. His success in raising a large sum of money for the expedition, in overcoming diplomatic and other difficulties, and in securing for America a large portion of the clay books dug by him from a Babylonian building which has been a ruin for thousands of years, entitles him to eminent recognition...
LECTURE ON BABYLONIA.Under the auspices of the Semitic Conference, Professor J. P. Peters will give on the evening of Oct. 18, in the Jefferson Physical Labratory. an account of his recent important excavations in the ruins of Niffer, one of the oldest centres of Babylonian culture. The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views...