Ctesiphon: Top Photos

The Silk Road capital whose colossal arch still rises from the Mesopotamian plain

Taq Kasra, Madain, Iraq - February 2022 - Photo by: Safa Daneshvar طاق کسری، مدائن،‌عراق - بهمن ۱۴۰۰ - عکس از صفا دانشور
Taq Kasra, Madain, Iraq - February 2022 - Photo by Safa Daneshvar © Safa.daneshvar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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