Madain Saleh, often dubbed the ‘second Petra’, if not more impressive than its famous cousin across the border in Jordan, was significant trading cities along the ancient Nabataean trade routes.
Confirmed by recent excavations revealing the foundations of houses and a market area for traders and caravans, observe with interest, the 131 enigmatic tombs, combining elements of Graeco-Roman architecture with Nabataean and Babylonian imagery.
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