Mada'in Saleh

 

Mada'in Saleh , likewise called Al-Hijr or Hegra, is a preislamic archeological site found in the Al-Ula segment, inside the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A lion's share of the vestiges date from the Nabatean kingdom first century CE. The broad settlement of the site occurred amid the first century CE, when it went under the standard of the Nabatean lord Al-Harith IV 9 BC –40 AD, who made Mada'in Saleh the kingdom's second capital, after Petra in the north. The spot appreciated a gigantic urbanization development, transforming it into a city. Normal for Nabatean rock-cut structural planning, the topography of Mada'in Saleh gave the ideal medium to the cutting of amazing and settlements, with Nabatean scripts recorded on their exteriors. The Nabateans likewise created desert spring agribusiness diving wells and rainwater tanks in the rock and cutting spots of love in the sandstone outcrops. Comparable structures were emphasized in other Nabatean settlements, running from southern Syria to the north, setting off south to the Negev, and down to the prompt region of Hejaz. The most noticeable and the biggest of these is Petra. Archeological hints of cavern workmanship on the sandstones and epigraphic engravings, considered by masters to be Lihyanite script, on top of the Athleb Mountain, close Mada'in Saleh, have been dated to the 3rd–2nd century Bce,indicating the early human settlement of the region, which has an available wellspring of freshwater and prolific soil. The settlement of the lihyans turned into a focal point of trade, with merchandise from the east, north and south merging in the area.