where the mosque is located, date mostly from the medieval period. They include market stalls, a few mosques and churches, and small houses built and rebuilt on top of each other over the ages.

including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Great Mosque of Damascus (pictured here). Both buildings were constructed on top of old Jewish and Christian sites of worship, although Jewish ...

Elements of Byzantine and Persian building styles merged with new forms to influence impressive new monuments, including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Great Mosque of Damascus (pictured ...

Dozens of worshippers gathered amidst the crumbled walls and drooping ceiling of a mosque in the southern ... on Syria during a landmark visit to Damascus, the first since Islamist rebels ...

With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's magnificent Petra facades, Hegra in Saudi Arabia is the place ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. DAMASCUS, Syria - The number of fuel vendors on the streets of Damascus has recently surged dramatically ...

The suburb’s famous markets drew buyers from across Damascus, with Yarmouk often viewed as the capital of the Palestinian diaspora. Only a few small shops and stalls now serve the estimated ...

There’s also an entire house that once stood in Damascus, Syria. There are archaeological finds ... an impressive riding ...

Not only is the Great Mosque of Mecca considered to be the holiest mosque in Islam and the largest in the world, it is also the most expensive building on the planet, worth an incredible £75 ...