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Ancient Nabataean tombs
... history, the most interesting, to me, is that many Muslims believe the place ot be cursed and refuse to go there! Apparently, the Qur’an states that the tribes living there fell into idol worship and that a prophet asked then to repent and sent them a pregnant camel as a peace offering. The sacred animal was killed and consumed by the local! As punishment, it is said that Allah struck the village ...
Al Ula - Ooh La La
... a few interesting spots. We went to Old Al Ula, which is the biblical city of Dedan. Here, there are around 500 mud brick houses, all crumbling for lack of preservation. It was quite interesting to walk and crawl around the ancient town with it's mud-covered thatched roofing and thick palm doors. There are still a few wall paintings and even some door handles and locks. IN the midst of the town ...
Al Ula 2 - Madain Saleh 1
...in my opinion this was the greatest day of our trip to Saudi Arabia :-) We visited the Nabataean Tombs in Madain Saleh, the Saudi Arabian counterpart of Petra, Jordan. A very fantastic landscape; the sand - the rocks - the sky; the fascinating interaction of the colours of these three... ...and the day with my trip record of 599 pictures per day ...
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