black stone mecca saudi arabia

Conceived by British Museum director Neil MacGregor and the museum's Islamic art curator Venetia Porter with assistance from the Saudi Arabian government, it is an unusual collaboration between a museum dedicated to secular learning and the current rulers .... In 930, for instance, ultra-radicals of the Carmathian sect wrenched the sacred Black Stone from the south-eastern corner of the Ka'ba and took it back to their stronghold on the Gulf near modern Bahrain.


Worship of the black stone


Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 1979.


Map of Black Stone - Mecca


Map of Black Stone - Mecca


MAKKAH (MECCA) HOTELS AND


Kaaba Black Stone Stereo 3D

The most sacred place in Islam is the Ka'ba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Ka'ba is a mosque (built by Abraham according to Muslim tradition) built around a black stone. The Prophet Muhammad designated Mecca as the holy...
islam: Mecca Holy City of Islam

ancient towns of Arabia. Here's a Wikipedia article on Ancient Towns in Saudi Arabia. Mecca is not on the list because there is no evidence that suggests that Mecca is an ancient town. .... The Kaaba was built around the early 5th century likely by Asa'd Abu Karb, for Arabian Star Family worship after the black stone made it's way to Mecca, most likely from Yemen. Early reporters recounted that prior to the construction of the Kaabah, a tent occupied the site. The Kaaba...
black stone mecca saudi arabia