Word: gtesiphon
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...know anything about archaeology or not. Much of the photography was done from an airplane, giving an excellent panorama of the Orient. Reproductions of the Tower of Babel and of Solomon's stables; the great art and architecture of the Palace of Darias; the hundred-foot-high Arch of Gtesiphon, which has withstood the storms of two thousand years; weapons used at Armageddon long before St. John's famous prophecy--scenes like these more than make up for the inevitable shots of Egyptian hieroglyphics, the pyramids of the Pharaohs, and the ridiculous dances of the expedition's native workmen...
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