page_title: Tomb of Eve
section_title: Dimensions
hierarchical_section_title: Tomb of Eve / Dimensions
caption_attribution_description: English: Plan of Eves tomb by Sir Richard Francis Burton, from "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah" (1857)
context_page_description: The Tomb of Eve, also known as Eve's Grave and Eve's Tomb, is an archeological site located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by some Muslims to be the burial place of Eve. Prince Faisal, Viceroy of Hejaz, destroyed it in 1928. In 1975, the site was also sealed with concrete by religious authorities, who disapprove of pilgrims praying at tombs.
  Richard Francis Burton mentions seeing it in his translation of the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night.
context_section_description: Émile-Félix Gautier estimates the length of the tomb to about 130 m.
  Noted publicist Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah mentions about the dimensions:
  Eve must have been a lady of formidable proportions, for the original grave, I was told, was some eight feet long. It was as well, therefore, that she had not survived to welcome us in the flesh, for although it is rumored that we Muslims have an eye for ladies of heroic proportion we draw the line at the titanic.  But I was told that the grave had mysteriously extended itself by the time I arrived to its present gigantic proportions.
  Aun Ar-Rafiq (Amir in Hijaz 1882–1905) tried to demolish the tomb, but that caused a public outcry. He then said: "But think you that 'our mother' was so tall? If the stupidity is international, let the tomb stand".
caption: Plan of tomb of Eve by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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