Looking out through an arch, fortress of Al Ukhaidir, Iraq, 1977.


Looking out through an arch, fortress of Al Ukhaidir, Iraq, 1977. The fortified palace of Al Ukhaidir near Karbala was built in the late 8th century by the Abbasids.


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Photo credit: © VIVIENNE SHARP / Alamy / Afripics
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