The mosque we see today was built in 705 CE by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid on top of a fourth-century Christian church that had been erected over a temple of Jupiter. Incredibly, despite the recent ...

Global News Suicide bombing tears through Damascus church Suicide bombing tears through Damascus church The attack occurred during a prayer service at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweil’a ...

The death toll from a suicide bombing at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus on Sunday has risen to 25, Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Monday citing the ...

A blanket-like roof of perforated concrete covers the Al-Mujadilah Centre and Mosque for Women in Qatar, which has been completed by American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.16: Photo File 16: "Syrian Architecture" / 4.16.1: Vol. 1 Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian ...