Madain Salih, Saudi Arabia
Mada'in Saleh, also called Al-Hijr or Hegra, is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A majority of the vestiges date from the Nabatean kingdom.
The site constitutes the Kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital. traces of Lihyanite and Roman occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found. The Qur'an places settlement of the area by the Thamud people ofter Noah but before Moses, which can be interpreted as the 3rd millennium BC.
