{"id":5509,"date":"2023-05-19T00:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2023-05-19T00:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:26:28","slug":"the-arch-of-ctesiphon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5509","title":{"rendered":"The Arch of Ctesiphon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/cY8mnpASn4U\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New York- <\/strong>For many years I had dreamt of making with way to the tiny village to Taq Kasra and nearby Salman Pak in southern Baghdad governorate. to cast my eyes of the Arch of Ctesiphon, a wonder of the ancient world still (barely) standing after everything Iraq has suffered in our lifetimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d been wanting to visit this place since I first read about it in a guide book almost equally as old. When I arrived with a group of savvy EU backpackers experienced in more intrepid travel, it turned out the site was closed to the public as it was being carefully rehabilitated by the University of Pennsylvania and the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities. I twas immediately clear that we would not be able to visit the Arch in the way I had always imagined but we could get close by partially climbing a wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9926.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5518\" width=\"819\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9926.jpg 504w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9926-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9926-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9926-260x195.jpg 260w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9926-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5520\" width=\"825\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3.jpg 720w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3-560x420.jpg 560w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3-260x195.jpg 260w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_9938-3-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas we could not gaze at this in all its crumbling glory but I was happy to see the place at all. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York- For many years I had dreamt of making with way to the tiny village to Taq Kasra and nearby Salman Pak in southern Baghdad governorate. to cast my eyes of the Arch of Ctesiphon, a wonder of the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5509\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,48],"tags":[1440,1018,1099,1438,1439],"class_list":["post-5509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iraq","category-middle-east","tag-arch-of-ctesiphon","tag-baghdad","tag-iraq","tag-penn","tag-taq-kasra"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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