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Mimar Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul, 1561-63. Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

This video focuses on Hagia Sophia after the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453. Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.

Every year, 25,000 British Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca. As part of the exhibition, Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, the British Museum asked what this journey is like... You can find more stories and share your own at http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on... The exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam is on at the British Museum until 15 April 2012. Book your tickets here: http://ow.ly/8MLnK

Reception Room (Qa'a), Ottoman period, 1119 a.h. / 1707 a.d., Damascus, Syria, poplar, gesso relief with gold and tin leaf, glazes and paint; cypress, poplar, walnut, black mulberry, mother-of pearl, marble and other stones, stucco with glass, plaster, ceramic tiles, iron, brass, 22 feet and a 1/2 inch high x 16 feet, 8-1/2 inches deep x 26 feet, 4-3/4 inches long, Metropolitan Museum of Art. A conversation between Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker by the Damascus Room. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Founded in 670, Kairouan flourished under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Despite the transfer of the political capital to Tunis in the 12th century, Kairouan remained the Maghreb's principal holy city. Its rich architectural heritage includes the Great Mosque, with its marble and porphyry columns, and the 9th-century Mosque of the Three Gates. Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/499/

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, British Museum curator of Islamic and Iranian coins, talks through the messaging on some Persian coins. http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_muse...

Mihrab (prayer niche), 1354--55 (A.H. 755), just after the Ilkhanid period, Isfahan, Iran, polychrome glazed tiles, 135-1/16 x 113-11/16 inches / 343.1 x 288.7 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Sinan, Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, completed 1558 Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

The Damascus Room (1707) served as the reception area within a Syrian home of the Ottoman period. Extensive conservation and historical research were carried out by the Metropolitan Museum in preparation for the opening of the new galleries. Open November 1, 2011 Producer Christopher Noey Editor Jessica Glass Camera Jessica Glass Stephanie Wuertz Sound Robin Schwalb David Raymond Production Assistant Sarah Cowan

Coronation Mantle, 1133/34, fabric from Byzantium or Thebes, samite, silk, gold, pearls, filigree, sapphires, garnets, glass, and cloisonné enamel, 146 x 345 cm (Neue Hofburg, Vienna). Likely made for the Norman ruler Roger II in 1133/34 in the royal workshop in Palermo of fabric from Byzantium or Thebes, Samite, silk, gold, pearls, filigree, sapphires, garnets, glass, and cloisonné enamel. The Kufic script reads: "This mantle was worked in the most magnificent clothing workshop and is connected with the desire and hopes, felicitous days and nights without cease or change, with authority, with honor and felicity, assurances of trust, reverent care, protection, good destiny, freedom from harm, triumph and livelihood in the capital city of Sicily in the year 528" (or 1133/34 in the Gregorian calendar). Neue Hofburg, Vienna. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.