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The world’s largest cemetery Iraq’s Najaf cemetery is where you don’t want to be in the event of a Zombie apocalypse! More than 5 million people are buried at the Wadi al-Salaam, which means Peace Valley in Arabic. It covers some 10 square kilometres, equivalent to 900 football fields, and has a special significance for Shia Muslims. Imam Ali, the founder of Shia Islam, is buried there, so pious Shiites desire to be buried close to the imam. The Najaf cemetery is also a testimony to various chapters of Iraqi history. It grew after the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War, the US invasion and the rise of Islamic State. This time, the Covid pandemic has swollen the cemetery further. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary