| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Limestone carvings of three female deities standing over a lion. The central figure is Al Lat in the shape of Greek goddess, Athena.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The god Ashur Bel of Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Sun god, Shamash below the head and necklace of Ashur Bel.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Two eagles and a girl at the feet of Ashur Bel (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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One of two eagles at the feet of Ashur Bel (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of a priest wearing a tall skull cap. Found in a temple in Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Statues from Hatra resemble Spanish Conquistodors.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The god Barmarin in front of a sun and moon (Hatra, 312 - 139 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sarcophagos made from glazed ceramic from Kakzu (near Kirkuk), 2nd century BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of glazed decoration from the Kakzu sarcophagos.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sarcophagos, 2nd century BCE.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Glazed sarcophagos (Kakzu).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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King Sinutruk I and his standard (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Prince Abdu Samia of Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Upper detail of Prince Abdu Samia.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Lower detail of Prince Abdu Samia.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Grecian style statue of Abu Bint Dimeon, wife of King Sinutruk (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The statue is very detailed.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Folds of the statue's dress.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The consort's feet and dress.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone statue of Hormuz (Hermes in Greek, Mercury in Latin) with wings on his head and feet (from Nineveh, 2nd century BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of the winged Hormuz.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
 |
Glazed sarcophagos from the Parthian Period (139 BCE - 226).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the glazed Parthian sarcophagos.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of a priest from the late Hatra period (50 BCE - 241).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Head of the Roman Emperor Trajan (98 - 117) from the Great Temple at Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Water jar from Seleucia (139 BCE - 226).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Drinking vessel used in rituals from the Greek city of Seleucia (1st millenium).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Urchin shaped pottery from Nippur (Parthian, 39 BCE - 226).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Pottery found in Hatra and Seleucia from the Parthian and Hellenic eras (139 BCE - 241).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Glass figure of a horse carrying cylinders on its back (Seleucia, a Greek city south of Baghdad).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Figure with a halo from the Greek period (Hatra).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Decorated stele from Hatra.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Catapault from the Hellenic Period (Hatra, 312 - 139 BCE).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Plan of the ancient city of Hatra. Parts were destroyed by ISIS.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The Islamic Arts Room.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Glass flasks from Abu Kippur (Sassanid Period, 226 - 637).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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3rd century decorated gypsum from Diyala region during the Sassanid (Persian) era.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Islamic exhibits after the Muslim conquest in 651.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Mesopotamia has been under Muslim rule from 651.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Niche from the 8th century from the Al Khaski Mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Perfume bottle from the early Islamic era.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Mosque lamp.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Perfume bottle and silver jewelry.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Geometric decorations from the Islamic era (8th century) from the Baghdad region.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Sundial from Samarra (9th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Gypsum window (9th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Decorated jar from the 9th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Mythological creatures decorating an 9th century Abbasid jar.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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10th century jar with women.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Jar with decoration.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Large jar from Tikrit, 10th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Large jar from the 10th century with human figures.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of an Abbasid jar showing a lion and a ram.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Decorated jar from Sharqat (10th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Copper tool for pouring oil (Anat, 11th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Mimbar (pulpit) from the Great Mosque of Amadiya (1146).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the Great Mosque of Amadiya mimbar.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the Great Mosque of Amadiya mimbar.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carved door from the Great Mosque of Amadiya (1146).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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12th century archway from Sinjar.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the 12th century Sinjar archway.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carved decoration from a mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Niche from the Al Nouri Mosque (12th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Glazed tiles from a 12th century mausoleum.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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12th century Abbasid jar.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Glazed pottery from the Abbasid era (Kufa, 12th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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The wooden shrine of Imam Musa bin Jaafar Al-Khadim (1227).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of an Islamic prayer.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carved panel.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carved inlaid wooden door from a mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Prayer niche from a mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Marble door from a Mosul mausoleum, 13th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Niche from the tomb of Benjh Ali in Mosul (13th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of the niche from the Benjh Ali tomb.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Carving from Tikrit (birthplace of Saladin and Saddam Husein), 13th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Al Marjanya Hall, a reconstructed school from 1356.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Stone container for ablution water (Mosul, 14th century).
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Gray marble slab from Mosul, 15th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Baghdad
Site / Event : Iraq Museum
|
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Detail of Arabic prayer.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
|
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Salman Pak is a small village South of Baghdad named after a companion of the Prophet.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
|
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The countryside around the village.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
|
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Dust storm approaching.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
|
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Taxi and driver.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
|
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Mazgouf - grilled fish.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Mosque of the Barber
|
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The Mosque of the Barber is behind a security wall.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
Site / Event : Mosque of the Barber
|
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The mosque is dedicated to Salman Pak, the barber of the Prophet.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
|
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The city of Ctesiphon dates from the Persian era.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Taq Kasra is the only surviving above ground structure from the ancient Persian city of Ctesiphon.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The structure dates from the 6th century.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The city was captured by Arabs in 637 and became a mosque.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The structure was a throne room of a palace and has excellent brickwork.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The upper levels.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Decorated brickwork.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Two archways.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The site is closed (2022) while renovation is being carried out.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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Giant butress.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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One of the two wings of what was once a Persian palace.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The brick arch in 29m high and 1m thick at the top.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
City / Town : Salman Pak
District : Ctesiphon
Site / Event : Taq Kasra
|
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The arch gets thicker as it approaches the ground becoming 7m wide at the base.
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.