Photo ID: GA0022
Site: Ctesiphon
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Description: Life in the city was severely disrupted when the course of the Tigris shifted and divided the city in two around the 5th century. In the 6th century the round city was only sporadically occupied. Nearby today stands the Taq-I Kesra, or “Hall of Khusro,” the principal Sasanian royal palace which the Arabs looted after their victory over the Sasanians in the 7th century. The façade of this majestic structure was preserved until 1888 when part of it perished as a result of a flood.
Photo Source: Flandin & Coste
See Sasanian Sites for collection summary.
Sasanian Projects at UC Berkeley
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
URL: ECAI.orgWebsite
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International and Area Studies,
UC Berkeley
Last updated: November 8, 2001:jlz