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Cyrus
July 17th, 2005, 07:49 PM
http://www.iran-daily.com/1383/2210/html/015879.jpg

It is said this ancient wonder has still the world’s largest single span of brickwork (about 40 meters high, 50 meters deep and 25 meters wide), of course if it has not been destroyed in Iraq.

http://www.ecai.org/sasanianweb/graphics/SasanianPhotos/GA0021.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/images/mesopotamia_arch.jpg

http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/infirmary/hamadeh/images/ctesiphon.jpg

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/MESO/CTESIPHON/ctesiphon03.jpg
Phobos
July 18th, 2005, 02:15 AM
5/10
Valia
July 18th, 2005, 11:02 AM
is veri dificult quote it if one people cannot see the original build becouse its a ruins
B@dGuYoM
July 18th, 2005, 11:32 AM
7/10
Arpels
July 18th, 2005, 01:49 PM
Cyrus dont you have some reconstruction renders of thys monument made by archoelogists?
Cyrus
July 19th, 2005, 06:10 PM
Not by archaeologists but game-makers:

http://www.microsoft.com/Games/age2/img/ss_b_persians_4_imperial.jpg
Persian Wonder in Age of Empires II

;)
Arpels
July 20th, 2005, 11:25 AM
well guivs some ideia abouth the original building 9/10
Fabio
December 11th, 2005, 02:32 AM
5.5/10

didn't last much
JohnnyMass
December 11th, 2005, 02:45 AM
amazing brick arch! 8/10
forvine
December 11th, 2005, 04:45 AM
Can Tourist go there :lol: 7/10
Sinjin P.
December 26th, 2005, 06:27 AM
8.5/10
Mosaic
June 21st, 2006, 11:49 AM
8/10
persian
June 23rd, 2006, 08:59 PM
10/10

Really sad the capital of the greatest empire back then has become like this now.
marpa
July 9th, 2006, 07:40 PM
8,5/10
LordMarshall
July 22nd, 2006, 06:31 PM
8/10
tykho
August 17th, 2006, 02:16 AM
8.5/10
gutooo
October 4th, 2006, 06:16 AM
7.5/10
delmaule
October 16th, 2006, 01:52 AM
8/10
Popiel
December 5th, 2007, 05:34 PM
7/10 :)
LMCA1990
December 8th, 2007, 06:54 AM
8/10 - It must have been quite a sight.
TU 'cane
December 21st, 2007, 05:27 AM
hmm, the arch itself is rather impressive for the era it was built... 6/10
ZZ-II
May 23rd, 2008, 11:59 PM
9/10
Nikkodemo
May 24th, 2008, 05:54 AM
7/10
_zner_
May 25th, 2008, 06:35 AM
9. :D
Fundador
May 25th, 2008, 12:09 PM
7/10:)
Astralis
June 14th, 2008, 02:12 PM
8/10... it has some modern elements :okay:
skydive
June 14th, 2008, 10:50 PM
8/10 distinctive arch
Ballota
July 9th, 2008, 03:11 PM
8.5/10 :okay:
henry hill
October 18th, 2008, 05:46 PM
6/10
MKTJ
November 16th, 2008, 06:54 PM
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CreaTurco
November 21st, 2008, 11:44 PM
8/10
tonyssa
June 6th, 2009, 03:06 AM
9/10
Srdjan Adamovic
August 25th, 2009, 09:28 PM
6/10
wise_zech
September 19th, 2009, 07:44 AM
8/10
Jan Del Castillo
September 24th, 2009, 01:45 AM
9. Very good. Regards.
Heroico
November 11th, 2009, 01:03 AM
http://www.iran-daily.com/1383/2210/html/015879.jpg

It is said this ancient wonder has still the world’s largest single span of brickwork (about 40 meters high, 50 meters deep and 25 meters wide), of course if it has not been destroyed in Iraq.

http://www.ecai.org/sasanianweb/graphics/SasanianPhotos/GA0021.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/images/mesopotamia_arch.jpg

http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/infirmary/hamadeh/images/ctesiphon.jpg

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/MESO/CTESIPHON/ctesiphon03.jpg

7/10
donparcero
November 11th, 2009, 12:56 PM
6/10

:D
Persi
April 15th, 2010, 07:00 PM
8/10
Adrian12345Lugo
April 15th, 2010, 10:56 PM
10/10
Imperfect Ending
June 3rd, 2010, 11:42 PM
8/10

Nice arch
sieradzanin1
June 15th, 2010, 06:20 PM
10/10:)
romanito
August 17th, 2010, 06:48 PM
9.5/10
yudibali2008
May 28th, 2011, 04:27 PM
8/10
dnh310
June 24th, 2011, 03:30 AM
8/10
Gokufan
August 16th, 2011, 12:36 PM
8,5/10