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Simon Mannweiler, The Dome of the Rock, Wikimedia Commons, 11 December 2007

Exterior shot of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.

Tags: Islam, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Umayyad

Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople

Commissioned in 360 by Constantine, the Hagia Eirene could be said to physically represent the Christian side of his policy of toleration alongside…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hagia Eirene, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism

Sacred (Further Reading)

Sacred (Further Reading, Dignas and Smith)

Sacred (Further Reading, Leone)

Pamela Berger, The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary

Oleg Grabar, Early Islamic Art, 650-1100

Staircase Martyrium in Caelian Hill House

The Foundation Stone, Wikimedia Commons, c. 1900-1920

A photograph of the Foundation Stone, located at the center of the Dome of the Rock. Islamic tradition from the Hadith maintains that Muhammad…

Tags: Dome of the Rock, Islam, Jerusalem, Night Journey, Temple Mount, Umayyad