Umayyad Mosque Art

This is some of the artwork which adorns the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. This mosque, which dates to the reign of al-Walid I at the beginning of the 8th century, is one of the claimants for the head of Shi'ite Imam Husayn, and has a shrine wherein rests what may be the head of John the Baptist, revered in Islam as a Prophet.