Hatra

The provincial reconstruction team coordinated a trip for the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage to visit and appraise the key archaeological sites in Ninewa Province, such as Hatra, with its distinctive Hellenic arches, and Nimrud, home of the famous statues of winged bulls.

DogfightAtBankstown 2008

The sculpted limestone head of King Sanatruq I of Hatra, from the second century B.C., ended up gracing the mantelpiece of a Lebanese interior decorator.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

The sculpted limestone head of King Sanatruq I of Hatra, from the second century B.C., ended up gracing the mantelpiece of a Lebanese interior decorator.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

After an aborted attempt to lay siege to the Arab fortress of Hatra, Severus and his entourage went on an extended tour of Egypt in 199, echoing the trip up the Nile taken by Hadrian and Sabina.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

Hatra lay in the desert southwest of Mosul, empty of other visitors, without even a guardrail or derelict ticket stand, as though awaiting rediscovery by some Victorian-era explorers.

The Coming Normalcy? 2006

Hatra had flourished as a Silk Road nexus of trade and ideas; its mix of Assyrian, Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman styles set the stage for early Islamic architecture.

The Coming Normalcy? 2006

Hatra had flourished as a Silk Road nexus of trade and ideas; its mix of Assyrian, Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman styles set the stage for early Islamic architecture.

The Coming Normalcy? 2006

A final impression of Iraq: one day I had gone with a group of American soldiers to the sprawling ruins of Hatra, a city that was founded after the fall of Nineveh, at the end of the seventh century B.C., and reached its peak in the second and third centuries A.D.

The Coming Normalcy? 2006

Hatra lay in the desert southwest of Mosul, empty of other visitors, without even a guardrail or derelict ticket stand, as though awaiting rediscovery by some Victorian-era explorers.

The Coming Normalcy? 2006

A final impression of Iraq: one day I had gone with a group of American soldiers to the sprawling ruins of Hatra, a city that was founded after the fall of Nineveh, at the end of the seventh century B.C., and reached its peak in the second and third centuries A.D.

The Coming Normalcy? 2006