Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful Islamic ... there and spread to the other regions of the Islamic world and beyond. The 9th-century Great Mosque and its spiral minaret are among ...

In 2013, we stopped to look at an aerial photograph of the 9th-century Great Mosque of Samarra, taken by the British Royal Air Force 100 years ago. The black-and-white image shows the vast scale ...

"This is a great day for Samarra, and a great day for all of Iraq ... Following the bombing of the Al Askari Mosque Feb. 22, 2006, U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces implemented enhanced security ...

One of the most important Islamic architectural monuments, the Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq is one of many priceless monuments that has been “lost in conflict.” Paying homage to the ...

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The golden dome topping the al-Askari shrine was finally completed in 1905. The spiral minaret on top of one of the city's other holy sites, the Sunni Great Mosque of Samarra, was damaged in April ...

The Great Mosque of Samarra was at one time the largest mosque in the world, and its 52-meter-high (170-foot-high) minaret is so synonymous with Iraq's history that it's pictured on bank notes.