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    A Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a monument dedicated to the services of an unknown soldier and to the common memories...
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    The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arabic: ضريح الجندي المجهول) is a war memorial, dedicated to the Syrian soldiers killed during battle. It is visited...
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    Unknown Soldier (Damascus) Al-Khatt al-Arabi (Arabic Calligraphy, Damascus) Museum of Epigraphy (Damascus) Al-Bayt al-Shami (Historical museum of Damascus) Damascus...
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    Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASK-əs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest current capital...
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    of the Unknown Soldier in Damascus, among other paintings depicting other significant battles in Arab and Syrian history, and one of the Israeli M48 Patton...
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    near (probably east of) the modern Damascus Gate, close to the fish market. It is also believed to have been mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah. Psephinus...
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    The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah (Biblical Hebrew: מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, romanized: Məʿāraṯ...
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  • portal Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – about the concept, lists specific tombs by country List of papal tombs Kiril Petkov, The Voices of Medieval Bulgaria...
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    The Capture of Damascus occurred on 1 October 1918 after the capture of Haifa and the victory at the Battle of Samakh which opened the way for the pursuit...
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  • Chahine in family crypt of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Alexandria Mausoleum of Umm Kulthum in Cairo Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Madinat Nasser, Cairo...
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  • Dawoud Rajiha (category People from Damascus)
    Hassan Turkmani and Assef Shawkat, in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Mount Qasioun, overlooking Damascus. Rajiha was married and had four children...
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  • presidents of both countries pay their respect by visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Kissed from a Distance, 2007, Chapter 9 Volk, Lucia (2010-10-21)...
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  • Sakina bint Husayn (category Women in war in the Middle East)
    to convince the soldier carrying his father's head to walk at some distance to avoid the gazes of the onlooking crowds in Damascus. The prominent Twelver...
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    Ghuta (redirect from Damascus oasis)
    surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim. Ghouta is the Arabic term (ghuta) for 'garden'. The Ghouta is an oasis formed by the Barada...
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    Saladin (redirect from Joseph son of Job)
    was buried in a mausoleum in the garden outside the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. Originally the tomb was part of a complex which also included...
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    Muslim perspective, a chief source of information is Usamah ibn Munqidh, a soldier and frequent ambassador from Damascus to Jerusalem and Egypt, whose memoirs...
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    distinguished from other saints named Theodore as Theodore the Recruit, Theodore the Tyro, or Theodore the Soldier (Latin: Theodorus Tyro or Tiro; Greek: Θεόδωρος...
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    Assef Shawkat (category Damascus University alumni)
    and Rajha at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Damascus on 20 July 2012. Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad did not attend the ceremony. Bashar...
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    of Nicolaus of Damascus (who knew Herod personally), provide no corroboration for Matthew's account of the massacre, and it is not mentioned in the Gospel...
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    common feature, while Tombs of the Unknown Soldier containing a selected, unidentified body, and empty cenotaph monuments commemorated the numerous unidentifiable...
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    against Israel after an Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus earlier in the month. April 17 The 2024 Solomon Islands general election is...
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    conversion. Some time after having approved of the execution of Stephen, Paul was traveling on the road to Damascus so that he might find any Christians there...
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    (drawn from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the crusading orders, the breakaway Ayyubids of Damascus, Homs, and Kerak) and the Egyptian army of the Ayyubid Sultan...
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    explicitly related to the nature of the memorial) concerned the possibility of incorporating a "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" into the memorial—an approach...
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    Badaro (category Neighbourhoods of Beirut)
    (30 ha) public park (the Beirut pine forest) and a 50 acres (20 ha) hippodrome. Opposite the museum, the tomb of the unknown soldier, as well as a Roman...
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    at the Battle of Maysalun on 23 July 1920, occupied Damascus, defeated the forces of the Syrian Revolution and established the French Mandate of Syria...
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    Petra (category Rock-cut tombs)
    One of these tombs, the Palace Tomb, is speculated to be the tomb for the kings of Petra. The Corinthian Tomb, which is right next to the Palace Tomb, has...
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    Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Wellington, New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Bucharest...
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    actions against the Ottoman armed forces, culminating in the capture of Damascus in October 1918. After the First World War, Lawrence joined the British Foreign...
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    daughter, Alice, in marriage to him and also renounced the regency. Baldwin planned to conquer Damascus, but he needed external support to achieve his goal...
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