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Qasr al BintQasr Al FaridHegra, Qasr Al Saneh TombLate Neolithic-Chalcolithic tomb

Location:

  • Saudi Arabia, Madā’in Şāliḩ
  • geo:26.783611,37.955002
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -7xx / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

Hegra is recorded both in Nabatean inscriptions and ancient writers1.

Sources:

  1. Werner Caskel, The Ancient Arabian Kingdom of Lihyan, An Address Delivered on the Anniversary of the Founding of the University of Cologne, West Germany, May 24, 1950. Translated from the German by Robert W. Lebling - https://pl.scribd.com/document/24367466
  2. H. Grimme,  Neubearbeitung der wichtigeren Dedanischen und Lihjanischen Inschriften, Le Muséon, vol. L, Louvain 1937
  3. Laila Nehme, Ancient Hegra, a Nabataean Site in a Semi-arid Environment. The Urban Space and Preliminary Results from the First Excavation Season, XVII International Congress of Classical Archaeolog y, Roma 22-26 Sept. 2008  Session : Formation d’une culture urbaine aux marges du dés ert syro-arabique: espaces urbains et périurbains  Bollettino di Archeologia on line  I  2010/ Volume speciale G / G5 / 3 - http://www.bollettinodiarcheologiaonline.beniculturali.it/documenti/generale/3_NEHME.pdf
  4. Report on the Fourth Excavation Season (2011)of the Madâ’in Sâlih Archaeological Project, Edited by L. Nehmé, https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00671451/file/Hegra_2011_Report_introduction.pdf

References

  1. Laila Nehme, Ancient Hegra, a Nabataean Site in a Semi-arid Environment. The Urban Space and Preliminary Results from the First Excavation Season, pp.13-14

Ancient Lihyanite city.


Relevant museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums


Nearby

Qubur al-Jundi

Qubur al-Jundi - Fort; 330 BC - AD 300; Pleiades #814723

Qasr al Bint, Madain Saleh

Palace of the Daughter or Maiden. Hegra

Jebel al Mahjar, Tomb of Hawshab ibn Nafi (1 km)

Nabatean rock-cut tomb no XI.


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