Security forces stand guard at the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the oldest Muslim houses of worship in the world. It is also called the Umayyad Mosque after the dynasty that first built it.

also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, was completed in 715 CE during the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate. It is one of the oldest and most well-preserved mosques in the world. The mosque is famous ...

“In Damascus, our hotel was near the 3rd-century Roman Gate, the Bab Sharqi (East Gate), and just a short distance from the magnificent Umayyad Mosque ... be a harmonious mosaic of faiths ...

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From Mosul's Great Mosque, al Baghdadi renames the group ... Ahmed al Sharaa speaks in a Damascus mosque after his fighters swept into the city. Pic: AP Ahmed al Sharaa speaks in a Damascus ...

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When Constantinople (now Istanbul) fell to the Ottomans in 1453, Mehmed II the Conqueror converted the Hagia Sophia into the Great Mosque of Ayasofya. Over time, Byzantine mosaics with Biblical ...

The mosaics inside Hagia ... original architectural form with great care. To allow worship and restoration work to continue at the same time, a steel platform supported by four main columns will be ...

as the great Turkish historian ?lber Ortayl? put it. Some of its splendid frescoes and mosaics, which had been covered with plaster when it became a mosque in the 16th century, were restored by 1958, ...

Over a decade later, despite the efforts of the late Imam Mahmoud Hammad Shweita (who died in May this year) to create a bridge between Islamic and western cultures, the great mosque is still ... are ...

In this video, watch as a Damascus Viking axe is forged, showcasing the intricate techniques and craftsmanship involved in ...