Israel discovers 1,200-year-old mosque in Negev desert

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Israel discovers 1,200-year-old mosque in Negev desert

STORY: Israel discovers 1,200-year-old mosque in Negev desert DATELINE: June 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. Bird's eye view of mosque site 2. Staff at site 3. Site of mosque 4. Staff praying at site 5. Remains unearthed from site 6. Bird's eye view of mosque site STORYLINE: Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare rural mosque dated to about 1,200 years ago and a luxurious estate, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Wednesday. The estate and the mosque, among the earliest known worldwide, were uncovered in the southern Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev desert, according to the IAA. The mosque includes a square room and a wall facing the direction of the holy city of Mecca, and a half-circle niche in that wall pointing south, the IAA said. The excavation at Rahat sheds light on the beginnings of Islam in the Southern Levant, and provides graphic details of the gradual transition from Christianity to Islam, the IAA noted. It thus revealed tha

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