Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke) Accession Number: J01996

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Another side of the ruins of the Royal Banquetting Hall of King Chosroes of Persia at Ctesophon, about 20 miles south east of Baghdad. This building is all that remains of the winter capital of the Persian Empire. It fell to the Arabs in the days of the Caliph Omar in AD 637.

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Accession Number
J01996
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor E K Burke
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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