PhotographAA-0259

Akra, with Rabban Werda and the Wigrams' party

Place: Akre · today Iraq
Date: 20th century

Terraced houses of Akra on a hillside, with Rabban Werda and other members of the Wigrams' travelling party standing with animals in the foreground.

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Wigram and Wigram, The Cradle of Mankind (1914), via Internet Archive (Cornell University Library copy)

W. A. Wigram and Edgar T. A. Wigram · Published 1914 in London; public domain. Cornell University Library: no known copyright restrictions in the United States.

Akra, with Rabban Werda and the Wigrams' party

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