by Samuel Koltov | Nov 4, 2022 | Articles, History, Islam, Religion, Religious Architecture
A closer look at al-Mawasin I recently published a photo project presenting the arches leading into the Dome of the Rock platform. It is an often overlooked part of the place and because of this, it stirred my interest. We don’t know a lot about these entrances, such...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 21, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles, Christianity, History, Islam, Religion
Some Thoughts about Coexistence in Early Islamic Palestine I will be talking more about the city of Subeita, or Shivta as it’s known in modern Hebrew, in another post But I’ll add a short introduction, just for some context and clarification. Subeita, which is known...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 11, 2022 | Articles, History, Islam, Religious Architecture
What do we actually mean with Islamic Architecture? Considering that one of the subjects I will be focusing on quite a lot is Islamic architecture, I think it would be worth delving into how we should relate to this term and how to use it correctly. After all, while...
