Word: ninevah
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...expedition which was sent out by the University of Pennsylvania to enter upon a systematic search for the sites of the cities of Babylon and Ninevah, of which Dr. Harper of Yale was a member, has been wrecked in the AEgean Sea, near the Isle of Samos. An authentic account of the disaster and of the rescue of the expedition by a Turkish brigantine has been received by Professor James of the U. of P. The accident, however, will not prevent the expedition from continuing its investigation. The party is made up of John P. Peters, Director...
...Ninevah in the height of her power, was the center of the commercial world; people from all parts of the world congregated there and left the point of their civilization on the art of Assyria, to a very slight extent, to be sure; still, the effect is perceptable...
...especially bronze: enamelling: cylinders. Correspondence of types of Egyptian sculpture of early dynastics with some Babylonian sculpture, especially that of the recent discoveries at Tel-Loh. Distinctive marks of Babylonian and Assyrian art. Secular character of the latter. History of Assyrian art. The great cities of Assur (Kileh-Shergat), Ninevah and Calah; their palaces and temples. The Assyrian palace: its construction and plan; its sculptural and pictorial decoration. The vault, the arch, the column, the capital. Historical sculptures and enamelled bricks. Religious sculpture. Bronze work. Industrial arts...