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We were not allowed to enter this mosque, but certainly did not lose much by that, as all these monuments are alike, and are not remarkable either for architecture or ornament. The Nineveh excavations are carried on most extensively at Tel- Timroud, a district where the mounds of earth are the most numerous. Tel-Nimroud is situated about eighteen miles from Mosul down the Tigris.
One morning we visited the nearest ruins on the other side of the Tigris, at the village Nebbi Yunus opposite the town; and, on another day, those called Tel-Nimroud, which are situated at a greater distance, about eighteen miles down the river. According to Strabo, Nineveh was still larger than Babylon. He represents it as having been the largest city in the world.
The sphynxes were small, and had unfortunately suffered more damage than the bulls. Shortly before my arrival, an obelisk of inconsiderable height, a small and uninjured sphynx, together with other remains, had been sent to England. The excavations near Tel-Nimroud have been discontinued about a year, and Mr. Layard has been recalled to London.
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