Gulf States
| Mesopotamia 2012 | Central Iraq
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| Nasiriyah Ur Girsu Lagash Uruk Larsa The Marshes |
Nasiriyah
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| Flares from oil wells. 30 miles W. of Basrah |
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| Nasiriyah |
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| Al Janoob Hotel |
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| A very secure bank |
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| Nasiriyah street scene |
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| Heroic fighter against the British (?) |
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| The Euphrates, at Nasiriyah |
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| The Euphrates, at Nasiriyah |
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| Basim beside the Euphrates |
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| Scotsman beside the Euphrates |
Ur
At ancient Ur we met a horde of school students on end-of-term outings.
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| Ur of the School Outings |
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| Enjoying the holiday |
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| After the buses depart. Aggressively restored Ziggurat |
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| Restored Ziggurat steps. |
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| Ziggurat: near top |
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| Ziggurat: Restored & original bricks |
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| Temple with "World's oldest freestanding arch" Excavated by Sir Leonard Wooley |
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| "House of Abraham" |
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| Royal Tombs of Ur |
Girsu
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| Wall from ~2500 bc |
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| Cuneiform stamped brick |
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| Acres and acres of shards |
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| Irrigated farmland, 1 mile S of Girsu |
Lagash
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| Lagash: A wilderness of shards. |
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| Top of an ancient well. |
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| Scotsman & Muqdad |
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| Farmland, 3 miles NW of Lagash |
Uruk
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| 13 miles W of Nasiriyah |
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| Red Temple platform With modern marker on top. |
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| On top of the Red temple |
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| View from Red Temple |
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| Brick wall "from Gilgamesh period" |
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| Babylonian stamped mud brick |
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| Sumerian stamped mud brick |
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| Seleucid Temple of Aree Gal (322 bc) |
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| Temple of Aree Gal |
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| White Temple mound |
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| Building near White Temple |
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| Atop the White Temple |
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| Scotsman at the White Temple |
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| Al-phisyphsa Temple Decorative colored clay cones |
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| 3 miles SW of Uruk |
Larsa
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| Larsa |
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| Atop the main tell. |
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The Marshes
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| Scotsman in the Marshes |
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| One of many water buffalo |
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| Dock is high and dry |
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Gulf States
| Central Iraq
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