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This town is 22 kilometres (14 mi) away from Hegra. [3] The heritage town looks like a single building due to the crowding of its 870 residential units. These units are separated by narrow and winding alleys. The town is divided into two districts: al-Shugaig in the north and al-Haf in the south. [4]
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.
Old Town, Al-Ula, or al-Deera as it is locally called, is now all but a ghost town. It consists of a walled village of about 800 dwellings around the perimeter of the more ancient castle with narrow winding alleys, many of which are covered to shield the people from the heat of the sun.
About 4km from the modern town of Al-'Ula are a set of ruins, [1] [2] These ruins here are the remnant of a former Capital of the Dedanites, which was flourishing from 800BC to the 1st century. At this time the wadi was a stop on the spice routes.
A wall in the old city of Najran in Bir Hima region. Al-Ukhdūd (Arabic: الأخدود), formerly known as Raqmat (Arabic: رقمات), is located in the south of Saudi Arabia in Bir Hima/Najrān region, [6] about 1,300 km (810 miles) to the south of Riyadh. Exploration of the city was begun around 1997 by group of Saudi historians.
Jabal al-Baidain, mountain known for drawings and Thamudic inscriptions; Jabal al-ʿHayn, site of pre-historic petroglyphs, tribal markings (wusūm) and inscriptions; Jubail Church; Land of Tema; Leuke Kome; Marid Castle; Near Eastern bioarchaeology; Old Town, Al-'Ula; Qal'at al-Qatif; Shanqal Fort; Sisira Well, Al-Jawf region; Tarout Island ...
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]
Led by Sultan bin Mashaan Abba Al-Ula and Majid bin Jaza Abba Al-Ula. It is located near two valleys, the northern valley is called Al Dathma, and the southern valley is called Wadi Al-Arjan. In terms of location, it is located in the western side of the province of Quweia and about 70 km away, that is in the southwestern direction of the province.