Mud mosque dating back to the Umayyad era discovered in Iraq (Al Jazeera)

November 27, 2021

A British Museum excavation mission, along with a local Iraqi team, has discovered a mud mosque that dates back to the year 60 AH or 679 AD in the archaeologically rich Dhi Qar governorate in the country’s south, officials said.

The mosque, discovered in the town of al-Rafa’i, is located in the middle of a residential city. The mosque stands roughly eight metres (26 feet) wide and five metres (16 feet) long. In the middle of the mosque is a small shrine for the imam, which could accommodate 25 people, according to the latest excavation findings.

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