IRAQ’S Wadi-al-Salam Cemetery Echoes 14 Centuries of Life and Death – in pictures

Islamic cemetery in Najaf is often described as the world’s biggest.


The graveyard covers an area of 917 hectares, the equivalent of more than 1,700 football fields

There are no maps to guide visitors through the labyrinth, which is also listed as the world’s largest burial ground in the Guinness Book of World Records
An expanse of graves
The shrine of Imam Ali at the cemetery

source/content: thenationalnews.com (headline edited)

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Wadi Al Salam cemetery in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf is considered one of the world’s largest cemeteries, according to Unesco. Photos: AFP

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