Identifier: antiquitiesofori00reddrich (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Redding, M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Guide to Mount Moriah, Author of
Subjects: Bible Middle East -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Temple Publishing Union
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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riptions, and hidden gods, from the approach of anysubtle spirit, or more palpable enemy that mighthave escaped the vigilance of the guard. In a floor beneath a mystic basso-relievo was founda slab 10 feet by 8, and two feet thick, which wasascended by steps, the sides being inscribed, andappeared to have been used in connection with somesacrifice. Around the slab was a conduit, to carry offthe blood of the victim, and under the stone therewere found some bones, and some fragments of goldleaf. Besides this there were two other hollowedsquare stones, in the north-eastern corner of thechamber. The ground on which the city of Mosul stands isalso a part of the site of Nineveh; and here too areseveral mounds of ruins, the sculptures and inscribedslabs from which have been used as building mate-rial by the natives; but the authorities have not yetpermitted an examination to be made here. Beker Effendi, while disffins in the mound Kou-yunjik for stone to build the bridge at Mosul, found a Pi
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