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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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The Ruins of Birs-i-Nimrud. 255 out for the British Museum by Rawhnson and Tonietti/and Mr. H. Rassam.^ These ruins lie about five milessouth-south-west of Hillah, and stand upon rising ground,which is above the level of the ordinary floods. Whenthe neighbouring country is covered with water, even tothe depth of a few inches, access to them is very diffi-cult, as we found when we went there. We crossedinnumerable small canals, and followed a very deviouscourse in order to avoid the flooded fields that lay betweenHillah and the Birs. Seen from a distance of four orfive miles, the Birs appears to be a sort of block-house,or low tower, perched upon a mound of irregular shapeabout three times the height of the actual ruins. As wedrew closer to the Birs I saw that the ruin was not theremains either of a block-house or low tower, and that it

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