The Cave of the Seven Sleepers

The Cave of the Seven Sleepers at Kahf al-Raqim, a shrine of three faiths near Amman.

The Cave of the Seven Sleepers at Kahf al-Raqim, east of Amman, honours the young men who slept centuries in a cave — a story shared by the Quran and Christian tradition — with Byzantine and Islamic shrines around it.

It is a quiet pilgrimage stop on the desert loop. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan include it with the desert castles, and full package tours to Jordan explain the shared story.

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