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Hurriya Bridge. Mosul 2
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Hurriya Bridge. Mosul 2
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 3
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 3
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 4
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 4
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 5
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 5
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 6
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Mosul Grand Mosque. Mosul 6
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Imam Yahya Abul Qasim. Mosul 7
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Imam Yahya Abul Qasim. Mosul 7
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A general view shows the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri. Mosul 8
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A general view shows the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri. Mosul 8
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The Umayyad Mosque in Mosul was first ever in the city, built in 640 AD by Utba bin Farqad Al-Salami after he freed Mosul in the reign of Caliph umar ibn Al-Khattab. The only part still extant is the remarkably elaborate brickwork 52 m high minaret that leans like the Tower of Pisa, called Al-Hadba (The Humped). Mosul 9
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The Umayyad Mosque in Mosul was first ever in the city, built in 640 AD by Utba bin Farqad Al-Salami after he freed Mosul in the reign of Caliph umar ibn Al-Khattab. The only part still extant is the remarkably elaborate brickwork 52 m high minaret that leans like the Tower of Pisa, called Al-Hadba (The Humped). Mosul 9
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Great Mosque of al-Nuri. Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 10
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Great Mosque of al-Nuri. Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 10
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Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 11
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Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 11
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Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 12
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Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 12
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Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 13
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Al-Hadba (the Humped) bent minaret of The Great Mosque of Nur al-Din. Mosul 13
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Before and after the demolition of the Mosque of Biblical Jonah, Prophet Yunus. Mosul 14
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Before and after the demolition of the Mosque of Biblical Jonah, Prophet Yunus. Mosul 14
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Nabi Yunus Mosque. Mosul 15
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Nabi Yunus Mosque. Mosul 15
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Minaret of the Mosque of the Prophet Yunus, Nineveh. Mosul 16
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Minaret of the Mosque of the Prophet Yunus, Nineveh. Mosul 16
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Al-Noori Al-Kabeer mosque. Mosul 17
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Al-Noori Al-Kabeer mosque. Mosul 17
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People inspect the destroyed old Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis. Mosul 18
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People inspect the destroyed old Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis. Mosul 18
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Church of Simon Peter. Mosul 19
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Church of Simon Peter. Mosul 19
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St. Joseph Church of the Chaldean. Mosul 20
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St. Joseph Church of the Chaldean. Mosul 20
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The Cathedral of St. Afram is the seat of the Syriac Catholic Archdiocese. Mosul 21
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The Cathedral of St. Afram is the seat of the Syriac Catholic Archdiocese. Mosul 21
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Church of Mary. Mosul 22
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Church of Mary. Mosul 22
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Jalili style Syriac Orthodox church St. Thomas. Mosul 23
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Jalili style Syriac Orthodox church St. Thomas. Mosul 23
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Church of Al Tahira (The Immaculate). Mosul 24
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Church of Al Tahira (The Immaculate). Mosul 24
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St. George's Monastery. Mosul 25
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St. George's Monastery. Mosul 25
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Mar Mattai monastery (Monastery of St. Matthew) is located atop Mount Maqloub in northern Iraq. About 20 kilometers from Mosul, Mar Matti was founded in AD 363 by a Syriac Christian called Matti (Syriac for Matthew) who was fleeing persecution from Diyarbakır to nearby Nineveh in Asuristan (Assyria). Mosul 26
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Mar Mattai monastery (Monastery of St. Matthew) is located atop Mount Maqloub in northern Iraq. About 20 kilometers from Mosul, Mar Matti was founded in AD 363 by a Syriac Christian called Matti (Syriac for Matthew) who was fleeing persecution from Diyarbakır to nearby Nineveh in Asuristan (Assyria). Mosul 26
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Mar Mattai monastery (Monastery of St. Matthew). Mosul 27
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Mar Mattai monastery (Monastery of St. Matthew). Mosul 27
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Mar Behnam Monastery. Mosul 28
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Mar Behnam Monastery. Mosul 28
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Saint Elijah's Monastery the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq. Mosul 29
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Saint Elijah's Monastery the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq. Mosul 29
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Rabban Hormizd Monastery. Mosul 30
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Rabban Hormizd Monastery. Mosul 30
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Noah's Ark, an innovative Catholic Church. Mosul 31
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Noah's Ark, an innovative Catholic Church. Mosul 31
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Mary Church and Yahya Abu Al-Qasim Shrine. Mosul 32
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Mary Church and Yahya Abu Al-Qasim Shrine. Mosul 32
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Bridge over Tigris river in Mosul, with Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim mausoleum on right, 1239. Mosul 33
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Bridge over Tigris river in Mosul, with Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim mausoleum on right, 1239. Mosul 33
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Bridge over Tigris river in Mosul, with Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim mausoleum on right, 1239. Mosul 34
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Bridge over Tigris river in Mosul, with Mashhad Imam Yahya ibn al-Qasim mausoleum on right, 1239. Mosul 34
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Bash Tapia castle on Tigris river, destroyed in 2015. Mosul 35
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Bash Tapia castle on Tigris river, destroyed in 2015. Mosul 35
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Bash Tapia castle on Tigris river. Mosul 36
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Bash Tapia castle on Tigris river. Mosul 36
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Bash Tapia castle on Tigris river. Mosul 37
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Bash Tapia castle on Tigris river. Mosul 37
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Bash Tapia castle. Mosul 38
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Bash Tapia castle. Mosul 38
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Qara Serai (The Black Palace). Mosul 39
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Qara Serai (The Black Palace). Mosul 39
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Qara Serai (The Black Palace). Mosul 40
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Qara Serai (The Black Palace). Mosul 40
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Qara Serai (The Black Palace). Mosul 41
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Qara Serai (The Black Palace). Mosul 41
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Mosul Museum. Mosul 42
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Mosul Museum. Mosul 42
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Mosul Museum. Mosul 43
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Mosul Museum. Mosul 43
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Lion Hunts of Ashurbanipal, view of relief. Lion Hunts of Ashurbanipal (ruled 669-630 B.C.E.), c. 645 B.C.E., gypsum, Neo-Assyrian, hall reliefs from Palace at Nineveh across the Tigris from present day Mosul, Iraq; excavated by H. Rassam beginning in 1853 (British Museum). Mosul 44
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Lion Hunts of Ashurbanipal, view of relief. Lion Hunts of Ashurbanipal (ruled 669-630 B.C.E.), c. 645 B.C.E., gypsum, Neo-Assyrian, hall reliefs from Palace at Nineveh across the Tigris from present day Mosul, Iraq; excavated by H. Rassam beginning in 1853 (British Museum). Mosul 44
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Lion Hunts of Ashurbanipal (ruled B.C.E.), c. 645 B.C.E., gypsum, Neo-Assyrian, hall reliefs from Palace at Nineveh across the Tigris from present day Mosul. Mosul 45
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Lion Hunts of Ashurbanipal (ruled B.C.E.), c. 645 B.C.E., gypsum, Neo-Assyrian, hall reliefs from Palace at Nineveh across the Tigris from present day Mosul. Mosul 45
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Aerial view of Nineveh. Mosul 46
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Aerial view of Nineveh. Mosul 46
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The Mashki Gate. Reconstructed. One of the fifteen gateways of ancient Nineveh. The lower portions of the stone retaining wall are original. The gateway structure itself was originally of mudbrick. A few orthostats can be seen at the right of the passageway. Height of the vault is about 5 m. Mosul 47
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The Mashki Gate. Reconstructed. One of the fifteen gateways of ancient Nineveh. The lower portions of the stone retaining wall are original. The gateway structure itself was originally of mudbrick. A few orthostats can be seen at the right of the passageway. Height of the vault is about 5 m. Mosul 47
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Walls and gates of the ancient city of Nineveh. Mosul 48
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Walls and gates of the ancient city of Nineveh. Mosul 48
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Nergal or Nirgal Gate, Nineveh. Mosul 49
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Nergal or Nirgal Gate, Nineveh. Mosul 49
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Architectural element from the palace of Sennacherib at Tarbisu. Mosul 50
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Architectural element from the palace of Sennacherib at Tarbisu. Mosul 50
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Aerial view of Nimrud is the Assyrian Neo-Aramaic name for the ancient Assyrian city of Kalhu (the Biblical Calah), located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul 51
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Aerial view of Nimrud is the Assyrian Neo-Aramaic name for the ancient Assyrian city of Kalhu (the Biblical Calah), located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul 51
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Sculptures of lamassu in Nimrud. Mosul 52
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Sculptures of lamassu in Nimrud. Mosul 52
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From the gate of Nimrud. A human-headed winged bull and winged lion (lamassu), Neo-Assyrian from the reign of Ashurnasirpal II; 883–859 B.C. Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Alabaster (gypsum); H. 10 ft. 3 1/2 in. (313.7 cm) Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932 (32.143.1–.2) Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mosul 53
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From the gate of Nimrud. A human-headed winged bull and winged lion (lamassu), Neo-Assyrian from the reign of Ashurnasirpal II; 883–859 B.C. Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Alabaster (gypsum); H. 10 ft. 3 1/2 in. (313.7 cm) Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932 (32.143.1–.2) Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mosul 53
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Hatra was an ancient city in the Ninawa Governorate and al-Jazira region of Iraq. It was known as al-Hadr, a name which appears once in ancient inscriptions, and it was in the ancient Persian province of Khvarvaran. The city lies 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 110 km (68 mi) southwest of Mosul 54
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Hatra was an ancient city in the Ninawa Governorate and al-Jazira region of Iraq. It was known as al-Hadr, a name which appears once in ancient inscriptions, and it was in the ancient Persian province of Khvarvaran. The city lies 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 110 km (68 mi) southwest of Mosul 54
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Hatra. Mosul 55
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Hatra. Mosul 55
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Dur-Sharrukin ('Fortress of Sargon'), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital situated north of the ancient capital of Nineveh, in the time of Sargon II of Assyria 15 km northeast of Mosul 56
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Dur-Sharrukin ('Fortress of Sargon'), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital situated north of the ancient capital of Nineveh, in the time of Sargon II of Assyria 15 km northeast of Mosul 56
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Statues of winged bulls from Khorsabad in the Louvre museum in Paris. Los toros alados de Khorsabad. Estos toros androcéfalos alados representan a unos genios protectores que protegían varias de las puertas de la ciudad y del palacio de Khorsabad, en Mesopotamia. Representados con cabeza de hombre, cuerpo del toro y alas de ave, garantizaban la protección frente a cualquier posible enemigo desde que se fundase la ciudad en 713 a. C. Mosul 57
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Statues of winged bulls from Khorsabad in the Louvre museum in Paris. Los toros alados de Khorsabad. Estos toros androcéfalos alados representan a unos genios protectores que protegían varias de las puertas de la ciudad y del palacio de Khorsabad, en Mesopotamia. Representados con cabeza de hombre, cuerpo del toro y alas de ave, garantizaban la protección frente a cualquier posible enemigo desde que se fundase la ciudad en 713 a. C. Mosul 57
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The Mosul Hotel. Mosul 58
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The Mosul Hotel. Mosul 58
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Nineveh International Hotel. Mosul 59
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Nineveh International Hotel. Mosul 59
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Library of Ashurbanipal. Mosul 60
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Library of Ashurbanipal. Mosul 60
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Ashurbanipal Library. Mosul 61
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Ashurbanipal Library. Mosul 61
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University of Mosul 62
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University of Mosul 62
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University of Mosul 63
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University of Mosul 63
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Research Center of dams and water resources. University of Mosul 64
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Research Center of dams and water resources. University of Mosul 64
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Al Mosul University Stadium. Mosul 65
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Al Mosul University Stadium. Mosul 65
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Fountain. Mosul 66
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Fountain. Mosul 66
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Mosul Railway Station. Mosul 67
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Mosul Railway Station. Mosul 67
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Mosul International Airport (OSM). Mosul 68
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Mosul International Airport (OSM). Mosul 68
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Mosul International Airport (OSM). Mosul 69
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Mosul International Airport (OSM). Mosul 69
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Mosul Dam. Mosul 70
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Mosul Dam. Mosul 70
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Mosul Dam. Mosul 71
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Mosul Dam. Mosul 71
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Tigris river. Mosul 72
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Tigris river. Mosul 72
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Old Bridge. Mosul 73
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Old Bridge. Mosul 73
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Old Bridge. Mosul 74
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Old Bridge. Mosul 74
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Old Bridge. Mosul 75
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Old Bridge. Mosul 75
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Al Shuhada Bridge (3rd Bridge). Mosul 76
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Al Shuhada Bridge (3rd Bridge). Mosul 76
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Abu Tammam Bridge (3rd). Mosul 77
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Abu Tammam Bridge (3rd). Mosul 77
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Tigris River & 5th Bridge. Mosul 78
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Tigris River & 5th Bridge. Mosul 78
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Tigris river. Mosul 79
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Tigris river. Mosul 79
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Panorama. Mosul 81
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Panorama. Mosul 81
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Panorama. Mosul 82
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Panorama. Mosul 82
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Faisaliya. Mosul 83
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Faisaliya. Mosul 83
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This image from an IKONOS satellite shows an aerial view of the Al-Falah neighborhood. Mosul 84
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This image from an IKONOS satellite shows an aerial view of the Al-Falah neighborhood. Mosul 84
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