 It occupies a front of 70 feet; and the niche in which it is excavated, extends about that depth into the hill. This idol is mutilated ; both legs having been fractured by cannon ; and the countenance above the mouth is destroyed. The lips are very large...  Journal - Pagina 5601833Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Sir Alexander Burnes - 1834 - 402 pagine
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...pendent; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head. The figure is covered by a mantle, which hangs over it in all parts, and has been formed of a... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pagine
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...pendent ; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head. The figure is covered by a mantle, which hangs over it in all parts, and has been formed of a... | |
 | 1834 - 508 pagine
...in alto rilievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 1-20 feet high. It occupies...fractured by cannon, and the countenance above the mouth destroyed. The lips are very large ; the ears long and pendent ; and there appears to have been a tiara... | |
 | 1834 - 624 pagine
...images. The male is the largest of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet, and the niche in which it is excavated extends...countenance above the mouth is destroyed. The lips arc very large, the ears long and pendent, and there appears to have been a tiara on the head. The... | |
 | Sir Alexander Burnes - 1834 - 392 pagine
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of 70 feet; an d the niche in which it is excavated, extends about that depth into the hill. This idol is mutilated;... | |
 | 1834 - 864 pagine
...other Shahmama. The figures are cut in alto relievo on the face of the hill. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet ; and the niche in which it is excavated extends about that depth into the hill. The female... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 472 pagine
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...destroyed. The lips are very large ; the ears long and pendant ; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head The figure is covered by a mantle, which... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1835 - 470 pagine
...in alto relievo on the face of the hill, and represent two colossal images. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a...destroyed. The lips are very large ; the ears long and pendant ; and there appears to have been a tiara on the head- The figure is covered by a mantle, which... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pagine
...other Shahmama. The figures are cut in alto relievo on the face of the hill. The male is the larger of the two, and about 120 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet ; and the niche in which it is excavated extends about that depth into the hill. The female... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pagine
...the hill. The male is the larger of the two, and about 1 20 feet high. It occupies a front of seventy feet ; and the niche in which it is excavated extends about that depth into the hill. The female figure is cut in the same hill, at a distance of 200 yards, and is about half the size.'... | |
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