Submitted by scott on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 09:24

Noah's tomb - or as our man has it 'the tomb of the honored old navigator' is on the outskirts of a new town called Karaq. The chapel has now become a Hezbollah madrassah. [IS]

"According to tradition mentioned by al-Mukaddasi, the tomb of Noah existed in the tenth century and can still be seen. The stone tomb measures around 104.8 feet (31.9 m) long, 8.7 feet (2.7 m) wide and 3.2 feet (0.98 m) high and is covered in a raggedy green cloth. It is houses in a room measuring 10.1 feet (3.1 m) by 8.1 feet (2.5 m). There is a chapel next to the cenotaph building where several inscriptions (decrees) dating to the fourteenth century were found. There is also a courtyard outside the building with a prayer niche. The size of the monument possibly derives from tales of ancient giants, but is more realistically suggested to be a section of an ancient aqueduct that has been converted to serve as a shrine." Wikipedia entry for Karak Nuh

Marker Category
POI
Geolocation

33.844184875488, 35.912590026855

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Innocents Abroad

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