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Antiquity

              Al-Nikhaila Mosque:












        Historical Antiquity Shining Once Again












































        T           he  town  of  al-Kifl  lies



                    around  30 kilometres
                    south of al-Hilla and
                    130 kilometres  south
                    of Baghdad, in the
        middle of a fertile plain through
        which the Euphrates  River runs,
        beautifying the town and watering
        its farmland.  The town's name
        derives  from  the  Islamic prophet
        Dhul-Kifl,  frequently  identified
        with the Judeo-Christian prophet
        Ezekiel, whose shrine is situated
        by the town’s historic al-Nikhaila
        Mosque.



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