Adam's Tree near the meeting point of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Querna, Iraq, is said to mark the original site of the Biblical Garden of Eden.
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The Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet to become the Shatt Al Arab at Querna, Iraq. The name Mesopotamia comes from the Greek word for "between two rivers".
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This Shia mosque next to the Tigris River at Uzair, Iraq, contains the tomb of the Biblical prophet Ezra. The rear section on the right was originally a synagogue and numerous Hebrew inscriptions remain.
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The tomb of the Hebrew prophet Ezra (480-440 BC) is in a mosque at Uzair, Iraq. Most of the Old Testament prophets are also accepted as prophets by Islam.
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This shrine in the marsh area just east of Chibasyish, Iraq, is dedicated to victims of Saddam Hussein killed during the Shia uprising following the 1991 Gulf War. The graves of 94 martyrs are here.
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