Scale of 'world's biggest' cemetery in Iraq revealed in breathtaking drone video

SocalDinar · July 12, 2016

Scale of 'world's biggest' cemetery in Iraq captured in breathtaking drone video Play! 01:15

12 July 2016 • 10:01pm

Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Iraq is considered to be the world’s biggest, according to several sources, including Amusing Planet report.

Translated as the “Valley of Peace”, the graveyard is an Islamic cemetery located in the city of Najaf, Iraq.

The cemetery covers 1485.5 acres and contains millions of bodies, making it one of the strongest contenders for the largest graveyard on earth.

More than five million bodies lie in the 1485.5 acre cemetery Credit: YouTube / Ali Hashim Moon

Among its more than five million graves, according to BBC lie a majority of Shia Muslims. Those recently interred include victims of Islamic State.

This drone footage was taken by an Iraqi student and described as Wadi al-Salam cemetery.

TennesseeCherokee · July 13, 2016

Lot's of tombs.... Thanks for sharing this SoCal......really put a lot of things in their proper perspective for me.

SocalDinar · July 13, 2016

Sorry just noticed the video is not working. Please go to the link to see the video.

Thought this was a bit different than the regular news stories about Iraq You are welcome Tennessee Cherokee.

Edited July 13, 2016 by SocalDinar

sandfly · July 13, 2016

Thanks for sharing

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