Statue of Asclepius from Cos

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Asclepius was the god of medicine and healing. Marble. Hellenistic Period, 2nd century BCE. Copy of an original dating to the 5th century BCE. From Cos, Istankoy, in modern-day Greece. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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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