Archaeologists find centuries-old Muslim cemetery Granada, Spain

Archaeologists  have found a centuries-old Muslim cemetery during the restoration of a building in Granada, a prominent city in the Andalusia region of southern Spain.

Archaeologist Amjad Suliman, who is conducting research on the Andalusian Islamic civilization, said that they unearthed one of eight Muslim cemeteries in the city during excavations on the grounds of a building in the ancient city center of Granada, in the area known as “Bab al-Fukhareen,” or Potters’ Quarter.

Suliman said they had so far uncovered the remains of more than 40 Muslims in the Potters’ cemetery, and that a total of about 150 Muslims were thought to be buried in the small area.

He explained that they understood that the human remains belonged to Muslims by inspecting the way they were buried and the objects around them, adding that during the dig, they reached three underground layers of graves, along with many pieces of pottery with Arabic inscriptions.