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Homage to Oman Volume 50 Number 3, May/June 1997
Omani schoolgirls climb stairs to the ramparts of Nizwa Fort's 115-foot circular tower; from there defenders could fire on attackers, protected by the citadel's crenellations. (Photograph by Nicolas Sapieha)

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