Ctesiphon
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| Locations | Salman Pak |
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| Baghdad Governorate | |
| Iraq | |
| Regions | Mesopotamia |
| Excavation dates | 1928ā1929, 1931ā1932, 1960sā1970s |
| Archaeologists | Oscar Reuther |
| Giorgio Gullini | |
| Did you know | Ctesiphon, also spelled Tusbun, or Taysafun, ancient city located on the left (northeast) bank of the Tigris River about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of modern Baghdad, in east-central Iraq. |
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| ID | 895162 |
About Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon was an ancient city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about 35 kilometres southeast of present-day Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Persian Empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras for over eight hundred years.
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