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    巴比伦的遗址是最古老、最富裕和传说最悠久的城市之一，在19世纪吸引了许多欧洲考古研究人员。1899年到1917年近二十年里，科尔德威领导的考古队，在伊拉克严酷的沙漠环境中，克服种种磨难，发掘出一批举世瞩目的精美艺术品，其中以通天塔、伊什塔尔门和空中花园最为著名。科尔德威开创了科学考古的新举措：一是深入了解巴比伦城墙表面上釉的技术；二是加深对两河流域南部地区的政治、文化、历史的了解；三是采用科学方法研究新巴比伦王国国王尼布甲尼撒的宫殿的建筑特点。科尔德威的发掘报告陆续出版，1914年出版了英文版的一部分，即《巴比伦的发掘》。该书采用非人格化的写作风格，包含出色的技术制图和记录，成为“科学考古”的典范之作。

1.THE OUTER CITY WALLS
2.THE MOUND BABIL.CANALS.BRICK-ROBBERS
3.GENERAL VIEW OF THE CITY
4.THE EUPHRATES AND ITS COURSE
5.THE KASR.THE ASCENT AND PROCESSION STREET
6.THE SHTAR GATE.THE EXPANSION JOINT
7.THE WALL DECORATIONS OF BULLS AND DRAGONS
8.THE PROCESSION STREET SOUTH OF THE [SHTAR GATE
9.THE TEMPLE OF NINMACH.MUD WALLS LAID WITH REEDS
10.THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
11.THE EAST FRONT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
12.THE EASTERN COURT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
13.THE CENTRAL COURT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
14.THE VAULTED BUILDING.HANGING GARDENS OF SEMIRAMIS
15.THE PRINCIPAL COURT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
16.THE PALACE OF NABOPOLASSAR
17.THE FORTIFICATION WALLS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PALACE OF NABOPOLASSAR
18.THE WESTERN EXTENSION
19.THE PERSIAN BUILDING.PERSIAN ENAMELLED BRICKS
2O.THE WALLS OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AND QUAYS TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
21.THE MOAT WALL OF IMGUR-BEL
22.THE ARACHTU WALL OF NABOPOLASSAR AND THE WALL OF SARGON THE ASSYRIAN
23.THE WESTERN OUTWORKS
Z4.THE THREE GREAT FORTIFICATION V.LLS NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
25.THE INNER CITF WALL.NIMITTI-BEL CYLINDER
BABYLON
26.THE PRINCIPAL CITADEL.THE BASALT LION
27.THE FORTIFICATION WALLS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITADEL
28.THE NORTHERN CITADEL
29.RETROSPECT OF THE KASR
30.THE PERIBOLOS OF ETEMENANKI.THE TOWER OF BABEL
31.THE EUPHRATES BRIDGE
32.THE BRIDGE GATEWAY
33.THE WALL OF NABONIDUS
34.THE ARACHTU WALLS AT THE PERIBOLOS OF ETEMENANKI
35.ESAGILA, THE TEMPLE OF MARDUK
36.THE EASTERN ANNEX (B) OF ESAGILA
37.THE LATER BUILDINGS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF AMRAN
38.THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HILL OF AMRAN IBN ALl
39.TEMPLE "Z"
40.EPATUTILA, THE TEMPLE OF NINIB
41.THE EXCAVATIONS TO THE NORTH OF THE NINIB TEMPLE
42.MERKES
43.THE SMALL OBJECTS, PRINCIPALLY FROM MERKES
44.THE GRAVES IN MERKES
45.THE TERRA-COTTA FIGURES
46.THE GREAT HOUSE IN MERKES
47.THE TEMPLE OF ISHTAR OF AGADE
48.THE GREEK THEATRE
49.THE NORTHERN MOUND OF HOMERA
50.THE CENTRAL MOUND OF HOMERA
51.RETROSPECT
52.APPENDIX
53.SMITH'S ES.GILA TABLET
PUBLICATIONS OF THE GERMAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
INDEX
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