Visualizing the estimated timeline of early human migration. Published in A walk through Time. TEST 2
Jeff Blossom
An elder of the Alami family — the key keepers of the shrine of the 8th century Sufi poetess Rābi’ah al-‘Adawīyah — unlocks the tomb’s door on the Mount of Olives.
Paul Salopek
Historians disagree on whether the obscure tomb is actually that of 8th century Sufi poetess Rābi’ah al-‘Adawīyah. The site has been venerated by Christians as the grave of St. Pelagia, a 5th-century courtesan who converted from paganism and lived on the Mount of Olives as penitent dressed in men’s clothes. And since the Middle Ages, Jews have revered the cave site as the 3,000-year-old grave of the Prophetess Hulda.
H/t: Dr. Robert SchickAmerican Center of Oriental Research
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