Ismamyt Ata Memorial Complex

At the edge of the desert lies the Ismamyt Ata Memorial Complex.

According to tradition, Isim Sahab, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, arrived in the 7th century to spread Islam in the region.

After his death, the site became sacred, and his body is said to rest in the sarcophagus within the complex.

The complex is open, and the only living beings present were dozens of birds and hundreds of wasps, which had built their nests under the mausoleum’s domes.Read more