The Middle East
Photos by Ada Calhoun
Photo By Ada Calhoun
Jerusalem
The Dome of the Rock is Jerusalem's most dazzlingly beautiful and important mosque. The huge rock in the mosque's center is believed to be the very place upon which Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac and from which the prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven.
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