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The Foundation Stone
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
Douglas Boin, The Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain
Douglas Boin, The Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain, July 2009
To the left of this image is the Dome of the Rock, while on the right is the Dome of the Chain. The latter building is a Muslim prayer house…
Tags: Dome of the Chain, Dome of the Rock, Islam, Jerusalem, Prayer, Temple Mount, Umayyad
Omar Sanadiki, Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo in 2016, during the Syrian Civil War
Omar Sanadiki, Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo in 2016, during the Syrian Civil War, Reuters, 13 December 2016
Both the Great Mosque of Aleppo and the Great Mosque of Damascus were built in the same year: 715 CE. The structure in Damascus has been largely…
Tags: Aleppo, Islam, Mosque, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Umayyad
Adrees Latif, Exterior of Al-Masjid an-Nabawī (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina
Adrees Latif, Exterior of Al-Masjid an-Nabawī (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Reuters, 2001
A nighttime exterior shot of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawī, or the Prophet's Mosque, in Medina. The massive structure is built on the site of Muhammad's…
Tags: Islam, Medina, mosques, Muhammad, Prophet's Mosque, Saudi Arabia
Sergej Marsnjak, Amphitheater of Lepcis Magna
Sergej Marsnjak, Amphitheater of Lepcis Magna, April 2009
The Roman amphitheater of Lepcis Magna, located near the present-day city of Khoms in Libya. During the late antique era, the structure was divided…
Tags: amphitheatre, Cities, Culture, Entertainment, Lepcis Magna, Lybia, Nero, roman, roman empire
Photography by Douglas Boin (2017) with didactic material located on-site., The late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, with a plan of the excavated town.
Photography by Douglas Boin (2017) with didactic material located on-site., The late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, with a plan of the excavated town., May 2017
Remains of the late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, on the outskirts of the modern village, with reconstruction drawings and plans…
Tags: Amphitheater, Entertainment, Goths, Italy, Northern Italy, Pollentia