Emmaus
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Emmaus is a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke of the New Testament. Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two of his disciples while they were walking on the ro
The Byzantine Basilica of Emmaus Nicopolis (5th–7th cent.), restored by Crusaders during the 12th century
Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, 1601
Supper at Emmaus with candlelight by Matthias Stom
Print of the Diner in Emmaüs. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.
Plague of Amwas
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The plague of Amwas, also spelled plague of Emmaus, was an ancient bubonic plague epidemic that afflicted Islamic Syria in 638–639, during the first plague pandemic and toward the end of the Muslim co
Emmaus
…Emmaus Nicopolis in AD 221 by Emperor Elagabalus, who conferred it the title of polis ("city") following the request of a delegation from Emmaus. The Plague of Emmaus in AD 639, mentioned in Muslim sources, is claimed to have caused up to 25,000 deaths in the town. Nicopolis (Ancient Greek: Νικόπολις, Nikópolis) was…
The site of Emmaus Nicopolis, called ʿAmwās by the Arabs. The plague of ʿAmwās first struck the Muslim Arab troops encamped there before spreading across Syria–Palestine and affecting Egypt and Iraq
Panoramic view of Rusafa, the desert palace which served as Caliph Hisham's preferred residence in times of plague. The Umayyad caliphs routinely withdrew from Syria's cities to their Syrian desert palaces during recurrences of the plague epidemic.