Ibn Tullun Mosque

Ibn Tullun Mosque

Egypt | Saturday, November 5, 2011 | flickr photos

These photos were taken in the insides of the Ibn tullun mosque at Cairo, Egypt. The mosque was completed on 879 AD.The mosque was constructed on a small hill called Gebel Yashkur, "The Hill of Thanksgiving." One local legend says that it is here that Noah's Ark came to rest after the Deluge, instead of at Mount Ararat.