Turkey is rich with ancient wonders, and many of these are hidden below the surface, often only being discovered after ...

“We had more and more evidence that this building must be a tomb, because it had no mihrab and no minaret,” says Erika Hancz, an archaeologist at the University of Pecs who oversaw the di ...

It is the focal point of prayer rooms, similar to a mihrab in mosques. The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities ...

The highest-quality stones from earlier Nabataean buildings were used for the mihrab, or prayer niche. Each structure could have held about 40 or 50 people, suggesting to Sinibaldi that ...

The simplest mosque would be a prayer room with a wall marked with a “mihrab” – a niche indicating the direction of Mecca, which Muslims should face when praying. A typical mosque also ...

De tweede (hoofd)koepel bevindt zich boven de mihrab (gebedsniche) en is aan de buitenkant herkenbaar aan zijn zeshoekige toren. De zeer geavanceerde techniek van de moskee maakt het een uniek ...

Manda Town now is filled with the remains of stone and lime-mortar buildings, including a mosque’s ornate mihrab, the wall niche that indicates the direction of Mecca. In the 1960s ...

Linking Cordoba's old town with the Torre de la Calahorra across the Guadalquivir River is the iconic Roman Bridge.

Mihrab This is an alcove within the qiblah wall (prayer wall) which shows the direction of the Ka’bah at Mecca. Minbar This is a platform from which the imam preaches his sermon during Friday ...

One of the spaces that the couple creatively DIY-ed is the mihrab area, designed with leftover fluted panels. (A mihrab is a niche in the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca.) ...

The exhibition focuses on several key features of the Prophet's Mosque, including its pulpit, mihrab, domes, canopies, doors, call to prayer, muezzins, minarets, and lighthouses, providing a ...