TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1090 \ nABi mUSA

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1090 - Nabi Musa, the Tomb of Prophet Moses, is located 12 miles (20 km) east of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness, not far from Jericho, Israel. The present shrine, mosque, minaret and rooms were built during the reign of Al-Dhaher Baybers, a Mamluk Sultan in 1269 AD. Over the medieval period, hostels for travellers were built here and the present form was completed in 1480. In 820 Ottoman Turks restored the buildings. Photograph taken from the Jerusalem-Jericho road, the main route used by Mediterranean Arabs to make their pilgrimage to Mecca. The sight of this ancient building marked the end of the first day's march in that direction from Jerusalem. Moses' distant gravesite beyond the Jordan Valley became confused with Moses' tomb itself, laying the ground for the cultic importance that Nabi Musa was to acquire in the Palestinian worship of saints.