Hatra
Sign in to saveHatra (; (); ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The ruins of the city lie northwest of Baghdad and southwest of Mosul. It is considered the richest archaeological site from the Parthian Empire known to date.
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Hatra was an ancient city in what is now northern Iraq that thrived during the Parthian Empire, making it one of the most important archaeological sites from that historical period. The ruins of this wealthy city, located between Baghdad and Mosul, provide invaluable insights into Parthian civilization and culture.
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- Ancient site.name
- Hatra
- Ancient site.image
- اثار الحضر.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The ruins of Hatra in 2019
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq#Near East#West Asia
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Hatra District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
- Ancient site.region
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement, temple
- Ancient site.built
- 3rd or 2nd century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 241 AD
- Ancient site.cultures
- Arab, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Parthian
- Ancient site.dependency_of
- Parthian Empire
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- History
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- Art of Hatra
- Modern Hatra
- Restoration by Saddam Hussein
- Partial destruction and looting by ISIL
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Hatra (; (); ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The ruins of the city lie northwest of Baghdad and southwest of Mosul. It is considered the richest archaeological site from the Parthian Empire known to date.
Hatra was a strongly fortified caravan city and capital of the small Kingdom of Hatra, located between the Roman and Parthian/Sasanian Empires. Hatra flourished in the 2nd century, and was destroyed by the Sassanid Empire and deserted in the 3rd century alongside other Neo-Assyrian populated states such as Assur, Adiabene, Osroene and Beth Nuhadra. Its ruins were discovered in the 19th century.
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