Round in Mada'in Salih : — — —• The most prominent and the largest of these is Petra | It features well-preserved monumental tombs with decorated facades dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD |
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A cistern supplied by a large well within the fort was also built, and the site served as a one-day stop for Hajj pilgrims where they could purchase goods such as dates, lemons and oranges | Joachim the father of Maryam• The wells are still in use |
Its integrity is remarkable and it is well conserved | Supported by the lack of later developments based on archaeological studies, experts have hypothesized that the site had lost all of its urban functions beginning in the late Antiquity mainly due to the process of desertification |
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The trading itinerary shifted from the overland north—south axis on the to the maritime route through the Red Sea | A total of four necropolis sites have survived, which featured 131 monumental rock-cut tombs spread out over 13 |
Despite this, several archaeological investigations continued to be conducted in the site beginning in the World War I period to the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 1930s up to the 1960s.
19Salih and his followers left the city, but the others were punished by —their souls leaving their lifeless bodies in the midst of an earthquake and lightning blasts | |
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The Detailed History of Arabs before Islam, Prof | The testimony borne by Al-Hijr to the Nabataean civilisation is of outstanding integrity and authenticity, because of its early abandonment and the benefit over a very long period of highly favourable climatic conditions |
Roman decorations and also figured on the troglodytic tombs when the territory was annexed by the Roman Empire.