These pictures taken by Mohammed Helmi show a glimpse of what the Masjid Al Haram looked like more than 65 years ago. Just goes to show how much has changed.
Al Abbas Gate
The Mataf area – notice that there was no marble flooring…
So many birds…
No queues at the Hajar Al Aswad back then…
There was a building above the ZamZam well called the ZamZam building…
And there was also a structure above Maqam Ibrahim.