Recent excavations have revealed the foundations of unprepossessing houses and a market area for traders and caravans The Madain Saleh archaeological site covers the avast area | The enigmatic tombs combine elements of Greco-Roman architecture with Nabataean and Babylonian imagery |
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A majority of the remains date from the Nabatean kingdom 1st century CE.
21The extraordinary Madain Saleh is home to 131 tombs, 45 of which carry inscriptions in late Aramaic script above the entrance | The ruins of the town of Hegra itself, where the Nabataean inhabitants once lived, is located at the center of the site but is currently under excavation in two distinct fenced-off areas |
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