Identifier: byniletigrisnarr01budguoft (find matches)
Title: By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities Egypt -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel Iraq -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ofBabylonia, and of the chief events of his reign in thatcountry. Before the works were brought to an end theArabs told him about a solid platform built of bakedbricks laid in bitumen, but though he dug there for afortnight there were no results. Mr. Rassam next turnedhis attention to Birs-i-Nimrud, which he supposed to forma part of Babylon, and he seems to have dug out abouteighty chambers of the temple. The results of his workhere and at Tall Ibrahim al-Khalil have already beendescribed (p. 250). Nothing further was done at Babylon until March,1899, when Dr. Koldewey began the systematic excava-tion of the ruins. On May i6th, 1912, he reported thatonly about one-half of the work had been accomplished,although he had employed daily, both summer and winter,from 200 to 250 workmen. The discussion of excavationsmade at Babylon since my last visit to the ruins in 1891 Trans. Soc. Bibl. Arch., vol. viii, p. i86. Now in the British Museum (No. 90,920). 293 PLAN OF BABYLON (after Koldewey)
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\. The mound Babil 2. „ .. Humerah 3. „ ,, l<Jasr 4. EMakh. Temple of Ninmach 5. The Greek Thealre 6. Temple of Ishtar 7. ETemenanki, The Tower of Babel 8. Sakhn 9. Administrative offices and bazar- 10. E-Sagila, the temple of Marduk 11. The mound Amran 12. Ishin aswad 13. E-Patutila, Temple of Ninib 294 Koldeweys Excavations at Babylon. naturally does not lie within the scope of this book;but Dr. Koldeweys work at Babylon has been systematicand thorough, and has produced important results, andhas increased our knowledge of the walls and buildingsand general plan of the city ; and a brief description ofit must be given here in order to complete my sketch ofthe excavations at Babylon and in the immediate neigh-bourhood. The results which he has already achieveddispose once and for all of the theories which travellersand others have published about the walls and buildingsof Babylon. They seem to have been far more occupiedin justifying the statements of ancient authors than indis

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