Al-Maqdisi
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Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī, meaning Jerusalemite, was a medieval Arab geographer, author of The Best Divisions i
Al-Maqdisi was from Jerusalem (Bayt al-Maqdis in Arabic), from which he received his name. He was particularly fond of the city and described it at length in his geographic work.
The regions of Islam in the tenth century, based on Al-Maqdisi's work
Zedekiah's Cave
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Zedekiah's Cave, also known as Solomon's Quarries, is a 5-acre underground meleke limestone quarry under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem that runs the length of five city blocks, named
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Zedekiah's Cave in summer 2011
Entrance to Zedekiah's Cave, 1950
Entrance to the cave in 1945 when it was used as a bomb shelter
Wikimania 2011 touring the cave