Khoké

Khoké is an archaeological site in , .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seleucia and Opis.

, also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris or on the Tigris or ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day in . is situated 3 km west of Khoké.

Ruins
was an ancient Near East city near the , not far from modern . The equivalence of and Upi are now usually assumed but not yet proven. is situated 3 km west of Khoké.

Monument
Photo: Safa.daneshvar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tāq Kasrā, also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra or Ayvān-e Kesrā are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes called the Arch of Ctesiphon. is situated 2½ km east of Khoké.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ctesiphon.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ruin in . It was once an ancient Persian capital city, but only a former palace, with the world's largest unreinforced arch, remains standing. The town of Salman Pak is nearby, and is also covered in this article.

Khoké

Latitude
33.09914° or 33° 5′ 57″ north
Longitude
44.55203° or 44° 33′ 7″ east
Open location code
8H563HX2+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8380643747
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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