The Umayyads, in turn, were deposed by the Abbasids, who announced their new caliphate by digging up the graves of dead Umayyad family members and crucifying their remains in public.

Criterion (iv): The Caliphate City of Medina Azahara is an outstanding example of urban planning combining architectural and landscape approaches, the technology of urban infrastructure, architecture, ...

Discovered in Valencia in 1994, the iron blade was recently dated to the tenth century, when the Umayyad Caliphate controlled the Iberian Peninsula Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent April 26, 2024 ...