The Hattusa Green Stone
is a roughly cubic block of nephrite standing in the remains of the Great Temple at Hattusa, capital of the Hittites in the late Bronze Age. Now on the hill above Boğazkale, in the Turkish Province of Corum, Hattusa is a World Heritage Site.
The original purpose of the stone is unknown, but it is a tourist attraction, as it has a magical reputation for granting wishes.

Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, dating back to the 10th millennium BC, is one of the world's oldest known temple complexes. Featuring massive stone pillars and intricate carvings, it predates Stonehenge and offers crucial insights into early human civilization and spirituality. A key archaeological site, it's a must-visit for history buffs and archaeologists.

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From the history of the Parthenon, the temple of Athena built on the Acropolis of Athens in the 5th century BC (the use of the goddess Athenai as a church, mosque and museum, respectively)
Athens Acropolis and Parthenon spelling
(Excerpt from Ancient Chronicles)

The Tomb of Jahangir:

Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim ‘Jahangir’ (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627); ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the only great Mughal who is not buried in India apart from the founder of Mughal Empire Babur, buried in Kabul.

The emperor was ill, it was suggested by the Royal physicians that to recover from ill health he should visit Kabul and Kashmir. Due to cold weather in Kashmir he decided to move to Lahore. On the way to Lahore he died in the foothills of Kashmir near the town of Rajauri on 28 October 1627. A funeral procession transferred his body from Kashmir and arrived in Lahore on Friday, 12 November 1627. The Dilkusha Garden in which he was buried was a "favourite spot" of Jahangir and his wife Nur Jahan, when they lived in Lahore. His son, the new Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, ordered that a "mausoleum befitting an Emperor" should be built in his father's honour to inter his remains.

His tomb is one of the magnificent example of Mughal art and architecture. There is some controversy who supervised the design, wife of the Emperor Nur Jahan or the son Shah Jahan. Both had very good eye on architectural design. Beautiful precious and semi-precious stones were used to beautify the grave with the ninety nine attributes of Allah are also engraved here.

The tomb suffered a great deal of destruction at the hand of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh who stripped the ornaments off the tomb and sent them to Amritsar in order to decorate a Sikh temple. The tomb was also used as the residence of a Sikh army officer of Spanish origin and Sultan Muhammad Khan, brother of Dost Muhammad khan of Kabul, caused great damage to the mausoleum.

The history of the Parthenon in the Acropolis of Athens over the centuries, as a temple of the goddess Athena, as a Christian church, as a Muslim mosque and as a museum!

Why do Muslims perform circumbulation around the Ka'bah?

Why do Muslims perform Tawaf around the Ka’bah? What is the significance of going around this Old House? The answer to this question must start with a look at who we are? Why are we here? And finally, the answer to all the previous questions points toward where we are going from here.

There are physical laws in this universe that we are continuously discovering. Among them is the law of revolution, which applies both to celestial bodies and to atoms and cells. They all revolve around a center and their revolution is usually counterclockwise.

Everything in the universe must follow physical laws except human beings who are created with consciousness and with free will. The Earth has no choice but to follow its orbit around the sun, and our solar system has no choice but to follow its orbit around the center of the galaxy. In following these physical laws they are obeying their Creator. Only human beings have a conscious choice. They are aware of their ability to choose and consequently, they can obey or disobey. When we Muslims orbit the Ka’bah, we surrender our will to our Creator and willingly become like the other celestial bodies of the universe orbiting in harmony His Old House. The Ka’bah is the first house ever built for the sole purpose of worshipping God, our Creator. It is thought to have been built originally by Adam. It was later rebuilt by Abraham and his son Ishmael long before the Temple in Jerusalem was built by Salomon.

People keep coming from the four corners of the earth to surrender themselves to their creator and orbit around the Ka’bah seven times in order to fulfill the essence of Islam (surrendering your will to God’s will).

So, who are we? We are human beings created by God. We are here to go through a journey that will not last for long and while we are here we face situations that require us to make choices. We are responsible for the choices we make and we will answer for them to our Creator. So our final destination from here is toward the One that created us in the first place and is able to gather us again to a Day of Judgment.

These assumptions are from the eternal message of God to us found in the Torah given to Moses, the Gospel given to Jesus Christ, and the Qur’an given to Mohammad.

Jalmahal Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, BHARAT (India)

Jal Mahal (meaning "Water Palace") is a palace in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace was originally constructed in 1699; the building and the lake around it were later renovated and enlarged in the 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber.

The interior of the Jal Mahal Palace is not open to visitors.

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Kahk el-Eid
Egypt

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Kahk is a traditional cookie from Egypt usually eaten during Eid-el-Fitr, after the end of Ramadan. These small round biscuits can be made plain, but are usually stuffed with a variety of fillings, such as agameya (a traditional filling made of honey, nuts, and ghee), dates, or pistachios. One of the distinctive features of Kahk is the design on top of the cookies, followed by a dusting of powdered sugar. The seasoning in Kahk differs from family to family, but some of the common ingredients are ground mahlab, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and fennel.
The origins of Kahk can be traced back to ancient Egypt, where carvings of people making the cookies have been found in the ruins of ancient temples in Memphis and Thebes. A recipe for Kahk was also found in the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza. During the Toulunid dynasty, bakers made Kahk into packets called kul wishkur (“eat and say thank you”), which became a signature recipe associated with Eid-el-Fitr.

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It was stated that a huge structure with over 2,000 mummified ram heads was unearthed in the Temple of Pharaoh Ramses II in the historical city of Abidos in the south of Egypt.