photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
dosseman_syria | all galleries >> Damascus 13 galleries >> Umayyad or Great Mosque > Damascus april 2009 8025.jpg
previous | next
04-APR-2009

Damascus april 2009 8025.jpg

view map

These pictures show in various degrees of detail the supposed tomb of John the Baptist. The Bradt guide has it there is no concrete evidence that John the Baptist's head was brought to Damascus from Palestine where he was beheaded following Salome's dance, but one noted historian related how the caliph Al-Walid discovered the head, then had a special column erected to mark the spot. The tomb as we now see it is Ottoman, since its predecessor, a wooden one, did not make it through the 1893 fire.

Nikon D3
1/30s f/8.0 at 24.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment