| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The landscape is spectacular semi-desert.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Weathered ocre rock formations.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The site was abandoned in the 6th century when the population moved to Al Ula.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Pinnacles.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Qasr Farid
|
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Qasr Farid is known as the Lonely Tomb because it is carved on a single monolith.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Qasr Farid
|
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Qasr Farid is the largest tomb in Madain Saleh.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Qasr Farid
|
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The columns have Egyptian cornices resting on Nabatean capitals.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Qasr Farid
|
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The step motif typical of the Nabateans.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Qasr Farid
|
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Detail of the column cornice.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Qasr Farid
|
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Detail of the winged figure over the entrance.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Madain Saleh has been inhabited since the 3rd millenium BCE.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Layered rocks.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Sand dunes.
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2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Isolated rock.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Spectacular rock formations.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr al-Bint
|
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Qasr al Bint is the main tomb of a complex on Jabal Al Banat
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr Al-Bint
|
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The tomb is of a female who died in 31.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr Al-Bint
|
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The entrance to the tomb has Nabatean, Babylonian and Greek elements.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr Al-Bint
|
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Visitors.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr Al-Bint
|
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The tomb is protected by a Medusa and decorated with sun and flower symbols.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr Al-Bint
|
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Detail of the carved rock face with a Babylonian sun symbol and flowers.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Qasr Al-Bint
|
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The upper section.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Doctor's Tomb
|
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The Doctor's Tomb is another tomb on Jebel Al Banat.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Doctor's Tomb
|
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The entrance.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Doctor's Tomb
|
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The Doctor's Tomb is protected by the Nabatean deity Dushara, also with snakes.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Family Tomb
|
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Jebel Al Banat has many tombs including this one for a family.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Family Tomb
|
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The family tomb has a complete winged figure and a Babylonian Sun disk.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Family Tomb
|
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The interior of the family tomb has many internment areas.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Family Tomb
|
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Grave inside the tomb.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Family Tomb
|
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Underground chamber.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Family Tomb
|
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Visitor.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Series of excavated tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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One side of Jebel Al Banat has several tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Partially completed tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Simple tomb.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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View from Jebel Al Banat.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Lion Tomb
|
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The Lion Tomb.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
Site / Event : Lion Tomb
|
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Two felines flanking a sun disk.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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A pair of twin tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Tomb with multiple step designs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Detail of step patterns.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Tomb 35.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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Petroglyphs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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The Rawa (story teller, guide).
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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View from Jebel Al Banat.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jabal Al Banat
|
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View from Jebel Al Banat.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Landscape near Qasr al Bint.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Madain Saleh is mainly desert.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Small hill.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Jebel Ithlib is the Nabatean holy mountain.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The site was used for ceremonies.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Jebel Ithlib has a siq, a smaller version of the more famous tall but narrow passageway at Petra.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The Siq and the Diwan.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The Diwan is an excavated area used for sacred feasts.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The interior of the Diwan with seating areas.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The Siq has niches for pre Islamic deities.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Niche for the god, Ara.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Niche for the god, Dushara.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The Siq.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Three deities, Allaht, Manat and Ozer.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The Siq exits to a closed area (2022).
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Nabatean inscription.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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The Siq entrance.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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View of Jebel Ithlib.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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View from Jebel Ithlib.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Dramatic views over Madain Saleh.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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View of Jebel Ithlib from the Siq.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
District : Jebel Ithlib
|
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Rounded rock.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Trees in a valley.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Ottoman fort building.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The Hejaz Railway station.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Dramatic landscape.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The setting of Madain Saleh is spectacular.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Afternoon haze.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Many tombs have not been opened.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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A series of tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Tombs are scattered throughout the site.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Many tombs have only recently been excavated.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The Quran considers the site cursed because pre-Islamic idol worship was practiced.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Unexcavated area.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Simple tombs from the pre-Nabatean, Lihyanite era.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Damaged tomb.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Isolated tomb.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Strange rock.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Area C Tombs
|
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The Area C Tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Area C Tombs
|
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The tombs date from 16 to 61.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
Site / Event : Area C Tombs
|
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These tombs are not open to the public.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The Face.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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The Face is a natural rock that resembles a human face.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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A large group of tombs on a semi-spherical tock.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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A row of tombs.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Landscape.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Simple tomb.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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Local guide.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
City / Town : Madain Saleh
|
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A Rawi (guide, story teller).
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Region : Al-Ula to Medina Road
|
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Desert landscape south of Al Ula.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Region : Al-Ula to Medina Road
|
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Sand and rock desert.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Region : Al-Ula to Medina Road
|
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The deserts of Northern Saudi Arabia.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Region : Al-Ula to Medina Road
|
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Spectacular mountain scenery.
|
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Region : Al-Ula to Medina Road
|
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Heat haze.
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.