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Post by Wes Gear on Jan 21, 2012 23:52:48 GMT 10
Mada'in Saleh
A pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A majority of the vestiges date from the Nabatean kingdom (1st century CE). The site constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital.Traces of Lihyanite and Roman occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found in situ, while accounts from the Qur'an tell of an earlier settlement of the area by the tribe of Thamud in the 3rd millennium BC
In 2008, for its well-preserved remains from late antiquity, especially the 131 rock-cut monumental tombs, with their elaborately ornamented façades, of the Nabatean kingdom, UNESCO proclaimed Mada'in Saleh as a site of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage Site.
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Post by brillbilly on Jan 23, 2012 3:57:29 GMT 10
Mada'in Saleh A pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A majority of the vestiges date from the Nabatean kingdom (1st century CE). The site constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital.Traces of Lihyanite and Roman occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found in situ, while accounts from the Qur'an tell of an earlier settlement of the area by the tribe of Thamud in the 3rd millennium BC In 2008, for its well-preserved remains from late antiquity, especially the 131 rock-cut monumental tombs, with their elaborately ornamented façades, of the Nabatean kingdom, UNESCO proclaimed Mada'in Saleh as a site of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage Site. Great find wes as there's not alot known about Saudi Arabia's ancient past! There are no pyramids of any kind anywhere in saudi arabia as far as i know (historically, the arabian peninsula is not associated with any of the ancient civilizations known to have build such structures). The Rub' al-Khali (empty quarter) is one of the, if not the largest, sand desert in the world, Lots of sand dunes though, with some taller than the Eiffel Tower: that's over 300 metres so who knows what could be under the sands?
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