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Guide to Hegra, archaeology in the land of the Nabataeans of Arabia, Laïla Nehmé ; translated from the French by Helen Knox

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Guide to Hegra

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Laïla Nehmé ; translated from the French by Helen Knox

archaeology in the land of the Nabataeans of Arabia

The ancient Hegra of the Nabataeans, modern Mada'in Saleh, is inscribed since 2008 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.0This natural and sumptuous Saudi archaeological site has tombs along the sandstone massifs scattered in a vast alluvial plain in the middle of the desert.0The Nabateans settled there in the middle of the first century. They built a vast city surrounded by a rampart beyond which lie the necropolis where the Nabateans buried their dead and the area reserved to their religious brotherhoods.0In the oasis, they cultivated cereals, all kinds of fruit trees, and even cotton.0This guide, the first of its kind, offers a detailed tour of the site and its superb monuments, as well as summary chapters on the history of the Nabataeans, accompanied by focus maps, a bibliography, and a glossary.0- A detailed and richly-illustrated guide to the site of ancient Hegra, with maps, glossaires, and timelines

Archaeology in the land of the Nabataeans of Arabia