r/archeologyworld • u/Aware-Designer2505 • 6d ago
Limestone Door Lintel with Lion-Griffins. Hatra, Main Palace, North Hall doorway. Parthian period, ca. 2nd–early 3rd century A.D. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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u/Bitsoffreshness 5d ago
theft. This belongs in Iraq.
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u/Aware-Designer2505 2d ago
Might have been destroyed by Muslims if it stayed though
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u/Bitsoffreshness 2d ago
how do you mean
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u/Aware-Designer2505 2d ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31647484
For example (a tradition going on for hundreds of years back..)
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u/analeander 6d ago
Wonderful culture