Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Nablus City

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Nablus (sometimes called Nābulus) is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately 63 kilometers (39 mi) north of Jerusalem, with a population of 134,000. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural...

Hisham's Palace,Jericho

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Hisham's Palace (Arabic: خربة المفجر‎‎ Khirbat al-Mafjar or Arabic: قصر هشام‎‎ Qaṣr Hishām) is an important early Islamic archaeological site five km north of the town of Jericho, at Khirbat al-Mafjar in the West Bank. Spreading over 60 hectares (150 acres), it consists...

Monday, January 16, 2017

DOME OF THE ROCK

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The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة‎‎ Qubbat al-Sakhrah) is a building of extraordinary beauty, solidity, elegance, and singularity of shape… Both outside and inside, the decoration is so magnificent and the workmanship so surpassing as to defy description. The greater part is covered...
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