{"id":2822,"date":"2017-10-24T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2017-10-24T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:33:00","slug":"history-near-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/history-near-east\/history-near-east\/","title":{"rendered":"History &#8211; Near East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/history-near-east\/history-near-east\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2822 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/history-near-east\/history-near-east\/attachment\/chalice-byzantine-syria-500-650-ad\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" 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height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Copper-Wagon-Drawn-by-Bulls-Anatolia-2400-2000-BC.jpg?fit=300%2C156\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Copper-Wagon-Drawn-by-Bulls-Anatolia-2400-2000-BC.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Copper-Wagon-Drawn-by-Bulls-Anatolia-2400-2000-BC.jpg?resize=300%2C156 300w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"2824\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/history-near-east\/history-near-east\/attachment\/copper-wagon-drawn-by-bulls-anatolia-2400-2000-bc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunipix.com\/sunimgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Copper-Wagon-Drawn-by-Bulls-Anatolia-2400-2000-BC.jpg?fit=700%2C364\" data-orig-size=\"700,364\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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