Ctesiphon: Top Photos

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

This unique Sassanid silver plate, which shows a Sassanian king hunting lions, dates to the 5th to 7th century AD and originated from either India or Afghanistan. It is today located in the Persian Em
This unique Sassanid silver plate, which shows a Sassanian king hunting lions, dates to the 5th to 7th century AD and originated from either India or Afghanistan. It is today located in the Persian… © Nickmard Khoey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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