The Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus, one of the oldest and most important religious monuments in the Islamic world, embodies ...

Discover the vast expanse of the Umayyad Caliphate in this captivating journey through history. Learn how this powerful empire stretched from the edges of the Atlantic Ocean to the heart of Asia. This ...

In this captivating journey through history, explore how the Umayyad Caliphate expanded its empire to achieve one of the largest territorial conquests in the world. Unravel the strategic, political, ...

In the year 1184 CE, Andalusian traveller, geographer, and poet Abul Husayn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad ibn Jubayr visited Damascus. On entering the city, he famously said: "if paradise is on the earth then ...

The memories that I have of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, especially the atmosphere in its courtyard, are ones that I shall always cherish. The tragic events of the past four years have only served ...

Each year on Aug. 29, the Church commemorates the beheading of John the Baptist, as recounted in the first three Gospels. The actual resting place of the saint remains uncertain, particularly the fate ...

AMMAN — Desert castles were built as a combination of military outposts and retreats for the ruling elites of the Umayyad Dynasty (661 AD - 750 AD). The main power base for the dynasty was in the ...

AMMAN — The Umayyad period represents a very dynamic phase in the history of the Levant in terms of the political transition, architecture and adaptation of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and ...