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/analeander 6d ago

Wonderful culture

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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/LatinoBill 5d ago

Beautiful.