Hatra

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Hatra, Iraq: temple

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Also Known As	Al-Ḥaḍr

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Hatra, Iraq: temple

Parthia: Hatra ruins

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archaeology temple Babylon Ur Nineveh Ctesiphon Calah Eridu Kūfah Ashur Nippur Kish

Iraq

Parthia: Hatra ruins

Parthia

ancient region, Iran

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.

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