Madain Saleh

Mada'in Saleh, additionally referred to as "Al-Hijr" or "Hegra", is an archaeological website online located within the Sector of Al-Ula within Al Madinah Region, the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. A majority of the stays date from the Nabatean state. The web page constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest agreement after Petra, its capital. Traces of Lihyanite and Roman career earlier than and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, also can be discovered.

The Quran locations the settlement of the region with the aid of the Thamudi human beings during the days of Saleh, between the ones of Nuh and Hud on one hand, and people of Ibrahim and Musa on the opposite. According to the Islamic textual content, the Thamudis were punished by using Allah for their exercise of idol worship, being struck via an earthquake and lightning blasts.

Thus, the website has earned a recognition as a cursed place an photo which the country wide government is attempting to triumph over because it seeks to develop Mada'in Saleh for its capability for tourism. In 2008 UNESCO proclaimed Mada'in Saleh as a domain of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage Site. It changed into chosen for its properly-preserved remains from late antiquity, in particular the 131 rock-cut enormous tombs, with their elaborately ornamented facades, of the Nabatean state.