The Museum of Lost Objects traces the histories of 10 antiquities or cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria. Since 2012, Aleppo - Syria's largest city - has been a key ...

Two pictures show the minaret (top) of Aleppo's ancient Umayyad mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on April 16, 2013, and the rubble (bottom) after it was blown up on April 24, 2013.

Damascus, SANA-Amidst the trees in the garden of National Museum in Damascus, young Farouk Saies presented new models of the minarets of the Umayyad Mosque. This project, titled "The Fortress Game ...

The Umayyad Mosque complex, which dates mostly from the 12th century, suffered extensive damage in October as both sides fought to control the walled compound in the heart of the old city.

The Syrian government and rebels blamed each other for the destruction of the minaret of the 11th century Umayyad Mosque in the ancient city of Aleppo. One archaeologist described the damage as "a ...

The mosque we see today was built in 705 CE by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid on top of a fourth-century Christian church that had been erected over a temple of Jupiter. Incredibly, despite the recent ...

The Umayyad Mosque is Islam’s earliest great mosque and ranks in holiness below those of Mecca and ... built for the governor of Damascus but now home to the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions.

Baghdad, Iraq – 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 ...

Pope John Paul II yesterday became the first pontiff ever to visit a mosque during his pilgrimage to Greece, Syria and Malta, retracing the steps of St. Paul. The 80-year-old pope called for forgiv… ...

Museum of Lost Objects. Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo. The unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble.