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... Assyrian , Etruscan , and Greek Pipes and Double Pipes - The Nose - Flute - Chinese Bamboo Flutes - Flutes of Peru and Mexico - Egyptian Reed Pipes with Straws Inserted -Clay Pipe of Babylon - Effect of Music upon Animals - The Organ ...
... Assyrian , Etruscan , and Greek Pipes and Double Pipes - The Nose - Flute - Chinese Bamboo Flutes - Flutes of Peru and Mexico - Egyptian Reed Pipes with Straws Inserted -Clay Pipe of Babylon - Effect of Music upon Animals - The Organ ...
Page 118
... Assyrians , and their dracones were figures of dragons painted red on the flags ; but among the Persians and Parthians they were like the Roman eagles , figures in full relievo , so that the Romans often mistook them for real dragons.1 ...
... Assyrians , and their dracones were figures of dragons painted red on the flags ; but among the Persians and Parthians they were like the Roman eagles , figures in full relievo , so that the Romans often mistook them for real dragons.1 ...
Page 134
... Assyrian sculptures , and according to Hooker , it is still used by aboriginal Indian tribes as an offering to their gods . On many old coins and medals the rays of the sun are represented by separate conical projections , resem- bling ...
... Assyrian sculptures , and according to Hooker , it is still used by aboriginal Indian tribes as an offering to their gods . On many old coins and medals the rays of the sun are represented by separate conical projections , resem- bling ...
Page 145
... to draw a circle with the magic wand . The Assyrian goddess Hera , figured by Layard , bears in one 1 History of Magic , p . 220 . L " 1 hand a rod surmounted by a circle , and in DIVINATION — BY THE ROD AND BY THE ARROW . 145.
... to draw a circle with the magic wand . The Assyrian goddess Hera , figured by Layard , bears in one 1 History of Magic , p . 220 . L " 1 hand a rod surmounted by a circle , and in DIVINATION — BY THE ROD AND BY THE ARROW . 145.
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... Assyrian sculptures was also originally the Turanian hawk , the peculiar emblem of the sun - god in Egypt and elsewhere , or whether it was the germ from which sprang the Aryan eagle , it is difficult to determine ; but I should be ...
... Assyrian sculptures was also originally the Turanian hawk , the peculiar emblem of the sun - god in Egypt and elsewhere , or whether it was the germ from which sprang the Aryan eagle , it is difficult to determine ; but I should be ...
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