The brick vault of the Arch of Ctesiphon. Here Chosroes I ruled the Sassanian empire in the 6C. Iraq. Mesopotamia (1923)

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MESOPOTAMIA. Stars of gold in a ceiling of blue once gleamed beneath the brick vault of the Arch of Ctesiphon. Here Chosroes I., who ruled the Sassanian empire in the sixth century, gave audience to his subjects. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Unsigned. Provenance: "Countries of the World". Type: Book illustration.

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Size: 4785px × 2860px
Location: Iraq
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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