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Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt, forests and hill, and archery. Marble. First century CE. From Pella, the Jordan Valley, modern-day Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. (Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan).
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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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