Central Iraq
| Kurdistan 2012 | Turkey
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| Erbil Khanis Lalish Hilamta Dohuk |
Erbil
Capital of Kurdistan
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| 41 miles SE of Erbil |
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| Erbil Citadel "Happy New Year" |
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| Kurdish flag, on Erbil Citadel |
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| Citadel Entry |
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| Citadel from main square |
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| Citadel Gate |
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| Inside the Citadel |
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| Citadel mosque |
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| Main Square |
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| Traditional Kurdish garb |
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| Sheik Chooli Minaret, 13th c. |
Khanis
A very worn Assyrian site.
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| 21 miles West of Erbil |
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| Khanis |
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| Rock cut irrigation channel |
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| Rock-carved cuneiform text |
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| Unfinished Lamassu |
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| Unfinished Lamassu |
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Lalish
The sacred city of the Yezidis.
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| Lalish |
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| Treading out the olive oil |
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| Outlying spire |
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| Guardian of baptism chamber |
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| Main Shrine spires |
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| Visiting clergy |
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| Senior Yezidi Note black snake beside doorway. |
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| Shrine entrance |
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| Detail above Shrine entrance |
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| Shrine |
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| Tomb of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir(?) |
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| "White Water" pool. |
Hilamta
Near Dohuk. Three worn Assyrian friezes, all apparently showing the same image.
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| Frieze #1 |
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| Frieze #2 |
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| Frieze #3 |
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| Horse |
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| King on throne |
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| Marduk Dragon? |
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| Scotsman at Hilamta |
Dohuk
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| Dohuk |
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| Dohuk market |
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| 15 miles NW of Dohuk |
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| Slow, slow, border crossing. |
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Central Iraq
| Turkey
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