The outside of Atlas Studios in Ouarzazate, Morocco, looks like an off-brand Universal Studios. To the sides of its towering double-arched entrance perch two royal-looking stone statues of Chinese guardian lions. Next to those sit massive 30-foot painted replicas of Egyptian Ushabtis, looming over the parking lot with crossed arms. A long poster of Jake Gyllenhaal from the 2010 film Prince of Persia stretches across the top of the entrance to let you know that this isn’t a theme park but rather an illustrious film studio — the world’s…
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