Archaeological excavations have rarely documented the birth and development of religious Islamic architecture in the Ḥijāz; none had in the Najd. In this respect, the fieldwork conducted by the Saudi-French archaeological Mission in the oasis of al-Kharj (Central Arabia) filled this gap by discovering and excavating the Great Mosque at al-Yamāmah — ancient Jaw al-Khaḍārim, […]
Jérémie Schiettecatte CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée, Paris Christian Darles École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture, UMR 5608 TRACES, Toulouse Pierre Siméon UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée, Paris A thousand-year-old mosque at al-Yamâma (Central Arabia) Archaeological excavations have rarely documented the birth and development of religious Islamic architecture in the Hijāz (al-Rabadhah, al-Mabiyyat); none had in […]