Wadi al-Salam

Najaf Governorate · Iraq

Wadi al-Salam, Iraq
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An immense Islamic cemetery in Najaf regarded as one of the largest burial grounds on earth. Its endless field of mud-brick tombs and domed crypts stretches across the desert edge.

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