Ruins of the Sassanid Palace in Ctesiphon, 1927
A man with a mule in front of the arched gate of the former Sassanid Palace in Ctesiphon. Ctesiphon is a city of ruins on the left bank of the Tigris, about 32 kilometers southeast of Baghdad. It was the main residence of the Sassanids who built large palaces here. Excavations have uncovered Ctesiphon, a city with a circular groundplan
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10633456
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48195954
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Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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