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Oasis metropolis where Rome met Persia

As the picture is from before 2016 this is a replica of the Lion of Al-lāt. A huge (345 centimeters, 15 tons) lion sheltering a gazelle, 1st-century BC, found in the Temple of Allat within Diocletian'
As the picture is from before 2016 this is a replica of the Lion of Al-lāt. A huge (345 centimeters, 15 tons) lion sheltering a gazelle, 1st-century BC, found in the Temple of Allat within Diocletian' © عمر الحافظ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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