Mada'in Saleh : a pre-Islamic civilization in Saudi Arabia

Madain Saleh or so-called the old city of stone,Al-Hijr, el Hijr, and Hegra. An archaeological site and pre-Islamic civilization in Saudi Arabia 

Mada'in Saleh is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East ,located in the province of Ela belonging to the Medina and was the capital of the Kingdom of the southren Nabataeans in the north of the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Hijr is the name of Diar Thamood Valley villages between the city Medina and Tabuk, a place existed before the era of Islam in the region of Ela , within the area of Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Remnants has been found told us about the Nabataean and Roman occupation while mentioned in the Quran that there is a settlement in ancient times which is the folk of Thamood in the third millennium BC.

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