👑 Statue of Princess Simi from Hatra. From Hatra, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Parthian period, 2nd century CE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.

📷 Photo ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin. 

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TRAC Incident Report: Islamic State (IS) Militants Executed Iraqi Army Spy in As-Sakhriyat Village, Southwest of Mosul, Hatra District, Nineveh, Iraq - 2 August 2025 On 2 August 2025, suspected IS militants executed an Iraqi army spy in As-Sakhriyat, Southwest of Mosul, Hatra.

#IslamicState (#IS) Militants Executed Iraqi Army Spy in As-Sakhriyat Village, Southwest of #Mosul, #Hatra District, #Nineveh, #Iraq
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TRAC Incident Report: Islamic State (IS) Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Targets Iraqi Army and Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/PMU) Patrol in al-Matja'at [al-Mutja'at], Hatra District, Nineveh, Ir... On 6 August 2025, IS militants detonated an IED targeting a patrol of Iraqi army and PMF in al-Mat'ja'at, Hatra District.

#IslamicState (#IS) Improvised Explosive Device (#IED) Targets Iraqi Army and Popular Mobilization Forces (#PMF/#PMU) Patrol in al-Matja’at [al-Mutja’at], #Hatra District, #Nineveh, #Iraq
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The Parthians were far more than just skilled riders, they were capable builders and engineers too.

Hatra compels us to rethink an empire we often oversimplify.

What else have we forgotten about so-called 'nomadic' empires?

Let's discuss 👇

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The ruins of the city of Hatra, in Nineveh Governorate. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Credit: Husseinal-mauktar. Link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

While the Parthians are famous for their cavalry and horse archers, their technology goes way beyond that. They also mastered the art of engineering.

Welcome to Hatra, a remarkable city whose strong defences twice thwarted the legions of the mighty Roman Empire.

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Catra in side profile, wearing a brown hat and matching leather dress shoes. She has a white button down shirt and black slacks, her hands hooked into her pants pockets. She is looking down and smiling.

From 2022: My outfit and pose practice using #Catra as a model. I named this piece "Hatra"
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#Hatra was a city founded by the #Seleucid Empire and later destroyed in the #Sassanid Empire.
Hatran inscriptions were also found in #Assur.

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