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Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Tinmal, Atlas, Morocco, Great Mosque, 12th century (Almohads), severely damaged in the strong earthquake on September 8, 2023.
Samarkand, Registan, Ulugh Beg Madresa, Ulugh Beg with scholars (astronomers)
Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia: driving with my Nissan XTerra from Doha, Qatar to Berlin in Nov. 2016
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (ITHRA), Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Camels in Shahaniyya, Qatar before the race
'Imperial Days' in Constantinople, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mehmed V in the carriage, 1917
Nemrud Dağı, Eastern Turkey (1988)
Iznik plate with Panther, wearing a bell on a chain, 16th c., Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Doha, Qatar
Camel ride next to the Pyramids (in the background Agfa advertisment): photo album documenting a Mediterranean trip (1928)
Sundials have existed for more than 3,500 years in a wide variety of formats and on various buildings.
Sundials can be found, for example, on medieval churches and monasteries in Armenia and Georgiabut also on Islamic buildings, e.g. on a minaret of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. From a distance, they can easily be overlooked on the walls.
