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PMR533-06 Iraq, Hatra: a great Arab city, founded in the 3rd century BC after the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BC and Babylon in 539 BC. The buildings combine elements of Hellenistic/Roman and Syrian architecture: remains of one of the "evans" (arches) which was part of the Temple of the Goddess Allat. Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical, desert, ruined city, Mesopotamia

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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PMR533-06
Upload Date: 2013-04-30 16:24:29
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Iraq, Hatra: a great Arab city, founded in the 3rd

century BC after the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BC and Babylon in 539 BC. The buildings combine elements of Hellenistic/Roman and Syrian architecture:
remains of one of the "evans" (arches) which was part of the Temple of the Goddess Allat.
Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical, desert, ruined city, Mesopotamia