Traces of and occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found | The Nabateans also developed —digging and rainwater tanks in the rock and carving places of worship in the sandstone outcroppings |
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It looks as if they are a continuous range but they are separated and have sand dunes around them | Jabal al-Khuraymat South-west 7—73 AD The largest of the four, consisting of numerous outcrops separated by sandy zones, although only eight of the outcrops have cut tombs, totaling 48 in quantity |
Despite this, several archaeological investigations continued to be conducted in the site beginning in the World War I period to the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 1930s up to the 1960s.
17And so a pregnant she-camel was sent to the people from the back of the mountain, as proof of Salih's divine mission | However, this was destroyed in a during World War I |
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It was proposed that they settle down in al-Hijr, re-using the already existent wells and agricultural features of the site | Salih and his followers left the city, but the others were punished by —their souls leaving their lifeless bodies in the midst of an earthquake and lightning blasts |
The wells, with diameters ranging 4—7 m 13—23 ft , were cut into the rock, although some, dug in loose ground, had to be reinforced with sandstone.
28A religious area, known as " Jabal Ithlib," is located to the north-east of the site | These conservative measures started to ease up beginning in 2000, when Saudi Arabia invited expeditions to carry out archaeological explorations as part of the government's push to promote cultural heritage protection and tourism |
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Thus, Hegra as a center of trade began to decline, leading to its abandonment | Salih, to whom the site's name of "Mada'in Salih" is often attributed, called on the Thamudis to repent |
However, only a minority heeded his words.