January 29, 2021 at 3:52 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News
The Old City is seen from the Mount of Olives on January 13, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel [Chris McGrath/Getty Images]
January 29, 2021 at 3:52 pm
The remains of one of the world's oldest mosques have been found by a team of Israeli archaeologists during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias. The mosque was found under the ruins of a building originally identified as being from the Byzantine period, and could have been founded as early as 635 of the Common Era (CE) by a companion of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Shurahbil Ibn Hasana, who was a commander of the Muslim armies that conquered the Levant in the 7th century.