Ctesiphon Arch, Iraq, 1943 (c)

Photograph, Iraq, World War Two, 1943 (c).

Ctesiphon was the capital city of the Parthian and Sassanid Persian empires. Built on the eastern bank of the River Tigris, the city fell into decay in the 8th Century, its position as a centre of trade and political power being taken by Baghdad.

From an album compiled by Frederick Cecil Cracknell of the Army Film and Photographic Unit.