| has resulted in minimal archaeological activities | " However, he made no mention of human activities there |
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| " Between 1744 and 1757, a fort was built at al-Hijr on the orders of the Ottoman governor of , | The Historical Record of , Volume: 2, Page: 641• Joachim the father of Maryam• [ ] In 2008, proclaimed Mada'in Salih as a site of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's |
It has duly earned the nickname "The Capital of Monuments" among Saudi Arabia's 4,000 archaeological sites.
22| The settlement of the became a center of , with goods from the east, north and south converging in the locality | Jabal al-Khuraymat South-west 7—73 AD The largest of the four, consisting of numerous outcrops separated by sandy zones, although only eight of the outcrops have cut tombs, totaling 48 in quantity |
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| These conservative measures started to ease up beginning in 2000, when Saudi Arabia invited expeditions to carry out archaeological explorations as part of the government's push to promote cultural heritage protection and tourism | The Thamudis disregarded the warning and instead commanded Salih to summon a pregnant from the back of a mountain |
Salih, to whom the site's name of "Mada'in Salih" is often attributed, called on the Thamudis to repent.
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