The Dome of the Rock (part 2): the invisible Dome - credit: AJ Deus

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Dome of the Rock AJ Deus mosaics Umar Abd al malik

When was the Dome of the Rock first attested to? It is much later than you think? And what about its octagonal shape? Its mosaics? Its inscriptions? Why are so many confused down through the centuries about who built it? Surely, the inscription ought to make that clear?

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