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AlUla (Arabic: ٱلْعُلَا, romanized: al-ʿUlā) is an ancient Arabian oasis city located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia.Situated in the Hejaz, a region that features prominently in the history of Islam as well as several pre-Islamic Semitic civilizations, AlUla was a market city on the historic incense route that linked India and the Persian Gulf to the Levant and Europe.
Alula is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Cape Guardafui, at the extremity of the Horn of Africa. 20 nautical miles (23 miles) east of Alula lies the coastal town of Bereeda. 7 nautical miles (8 miles) west lies Ras Filuk, the likely Cape Elephant (Elephas) of Strabo and the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
The location where the extinct tribe of Thamud used to dwell. In the ruins of the old city there are inscriptions that indicate the Dedanites were preceded by a Minean settlement. [ citation needed ] The Mineans established a center at this desert oasis in order to protect the incense trade .
Al-Qurh, is a village and archaeological site near Al-'Ula, north of Medina Saudi Arabia. [1] The name القرح name translates as ulcers. Qurh, also known as al-Ma'abiyat, was the principal settlement of Wadi al-Qura and is identified with the ruins of al-Ma'abiyat in Wadi al-'Ula, eighteen kilometers southeast of the oasis Al-'Ula.
Print/export Download as PDF ... dating back about seven centuries. [2] This town is 22 kilometres (14 ... Tantora which was a guide for farmers to know the growing ...
The ruins recently uncovered by archaeologists represent one of the city’s less fortunate temples, officials said. All that remains of the roughly 2,400-year-old temple are its outline, steps ...
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU; Arabic: الهيئة الملكية لمحافظة العلا) is a Saudi commission established in July 2017 to preserve and develop the 2,000-year-old archaeological and historical site of Al-Ula north-western Saudi Arabia. [2] [3] [4]
Wadi al-Qura (Arabic: وادي القرى, lit. 'Valley of Villages') is a wadi north of Medina in Saudi Arabia, [1] mentioned in early Islamic sources. It was located on the main trade road between the Hejaz and Syria.