Ruins discovered under Masjid in Shangaani

[embarassing]

 

[saywalahi]

any idea what era it's from?

what are the ruins? the title of the second vidoes reads "house and masjid found underneath shangaani district"

so they found an ancient masjid/house in the place where a new masjid was being built?

 

[Axmed Xaaji]

Not to be rude or anything but how’s this impressive?

 

[saywalahi]

wow it looks very intact mashallah!

 

[saywalahi]

Not to be rude or anything but how’s this impressive?

shangaani is extremely old, this is somalia history being uncovered, hundreds of years ago somali people were praying in this mosque

do you not find somali history unique?

 

[Axmed Xaaji]

shangaani is extremely old, this is somalia history being uncovered, maybe hundreds of years ago somali people were praying in this mosque

do you not find somali history unique?

Oh I see. Interesting.

 

[embarassing]

any idea what era it's from?

what are the ruins? the title of the second vidoes reads "house and masjid found underneath shangaani district"

so they found an ancient masjid/house in the place where a new masjid was being built?

I know as much as you, just watched the videos. Apparently they found that portion underneath the masjid as they were getting ready to rebuild it.

Not to be rude or anything but how’s this impressive?

@Axmed Xaaji I thought you were being negative bc its a masjid, my mistake if thats not how you meant it.

 

[saywalahi]

Oh I see. Interesting.

since most somali history is oral or written by foreigners, finds like these are a big deal for us.

Its incredible! This mosques survived so much, through so much destruction and civilization/time.

 

[Qarboosh]

the stairs look kinda modern

 

[saywalahi]

the stairs look kinda modern

yea i was thinking that as well, but not super modern like late 1990's

i'm thinking the mosque is split into two from what i'm seeing

the stair portion and upper floor are modern 1930's-1960's, but the bottom level looks like it been there for a while and the stairs were added only recently(1930's-1960's). Bottom part looks to me something from mid to late 1800's.

 

[saywalahi]

almost everything was destroyed during the civil war no way a complete mosque would be buried deep in the ground. definitely more ancient than civil war era.

but this is just theories experts will have to determine how old it is.

 

[embarassing]

Archaeologists examined it in the 80's. "It seems that the Mosque is the oldest known Islamic monument in Mogadishu"

Excavation of Shangani Mosque - Museum Development and Antiquities Preservation
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000706/070668eo.pdf

 

[saywalahi]

Archaeologists examined it in the 80's. "It seems that the Mosque is the oldest known Islamic monument in Mogadishu"

Excavation of Shangani Mosque - Museum Development and Antiquities Preservation
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000706/070668eo.pdf

wait you're telling me that this mosque was found during the 80's but got lost again cuz of the civil war.

wow. thats super interesting, so i was partially right the upper level was built in the 80's, but the bottom floor is super ancient.

 

[embarassing]

wait you're telling me that this mosque was found during the 80's but got lost again cuz of the civil war.

wow. thats super interesting, so i was partially right the upper level was built in the 80's, but the bottom floor is super ancient.

It was never lost they just excavated it in the 80's. All of it is old but throughout the centuries they would build over it.