page_title: Nabi Yahya Mosque
hierarchical_section_title: Nabi Yahya Mosque
caption_attribution_description: Nabi Yahya Mosque, the main mosque in the village of Sebastiya, near Nablus.
context_page_description: The Nabi Yahya Mosque is a mosque containing the traditional Tomb of John the Baptist as well as the Tomb of Elisha and the Tomb of Obadiah.
  It is the main mosque in the village of Sebastia, near Nablus. It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave.
  The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus also claims to hold John's body.
context_section_description: The Nabi Yahya Mosque (Arabic: جامع النبي يحيى‎, Jama'a Nabi Yahya, meaning "mosque of the Prophet John") is a mosque containing the traditional Tomb of John the Baptist as well as the Tomb of Elisha and the Tomb of Obadiah.
  It is the main mosque in the village of Sebastia, near Nablus. It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave. 
  The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus also claims to hold John's body.
caption: The mosque circa 1920
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