Madain Saleh

 Mada'in Saleh, or as it was called in the past by the name of the stone city It is a historical and archaeological place located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it belongs to the Al-Ula Governorate in the Medina area; It is considered one of the most important and prominent cities of the Nabateans after the pink city of Petra in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which is about 500 kilometers away; It contains the largest settlement of the Nabateans after the city of Petra. The antiquities of the city of Saleh include about 153 facades of carved rock, and there are also Islamic monuments represented in several castles and the remains of the Hejaz Railway. Global.

 Geography of Saleh city area

The city of Saleh is located about 22 km to the north-east of the city of Al-Ula, and it is about 400 km from Medina to the north-west, and it is located specifically at latitude 47-26 to the north, and longitude 53-37 to the east. Sahlia, at the foot of a basalt plateau southeast of the Hijaz Mountains. The western and northwestern sides contain underground waters with a depth of 20 meters, and their location is characterized by a desert nature characterized by outcrops in the rocks of different sizes and heights, in addition to that it is characterized by rock formations and a variety of colors of sandy and yellow rocks, surrounded by white and red rocks. Sandy from all four sides.

The most prominent archaeological sites in the city of Saleh

Jabal Al Mahjar burials: They are called (Zone A), and they are located on the northern side of Qasr Al-Bint burials near the Nabatean well. The tombs consist of three carved blocks of 14 Nabatean tombs; The first rock mass includes 6 burials, the second 5 burials, and the third 3 burials.

Qasr al-Bint burials: It is called (Zone B), located to the west of Jabal Athleb, and consists of two mountains: the first mountain is large, extending from the north to the south, and contains 31 burials, and the second mountain is small, located on the northwestern side of the first mountain and contains on two burials.

Al-Jabal Al-Ahmar burials: They are called (Area C), and they are located on the southern side of Qasr Al-Bint burials, and to the northwest of area “D”. It consists of two rocky blocks. The first block contains 18 burials, and the second one.

Al-Sanea Palace: It is located on the southern side of the Al-Hajar area, and consists of two rocky blocks, the first in the west, and contains one burial, and the second block contains 6 simple carved burials.

Al-Farid Palace: It is distinguished by the presence of a single rock in it, and it also contains elements that are not found in other burials, and it is called by this name because it is located alone in an independent rocky mass, in addition to being architecturally distinct.