The Ruins of Madain Saleh - Saudi Arabia -
Tribe of Thamud
Madain Saleh is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. The Quran tell of an earlier settlement of the area by the tribe of Thamud .
According to the Islamic text, Allah punished the Thamudis for their persistent practice of idol worship and for conspiring to kill the prophet whom He sent, the non-believers being struck by an earthquake and lightning blasts. Thus, the site has earned a superstitious reputation down to contemporary times as a cursed place.
In 2008, for its well-preserved remains from late antiquity, especially the 131 rock-cut monumental tombs, with their elaborately ornamented façades, of the Nabatean kingdom, UNESCO proclaimed Madain Saleh as a site of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage Site.
Thamūd - Ancient Arabia : prominent tribe from 4th cent BC to 7th cent AD
Ancient Thamud house.
Probably originated in southern Arabia and apparently moved northward.
The Qurʾān mentions the Thamūd : "they were warned to worship Allāh, but the Thamūd refused and were annihilated either by a thunderbolt or by an earthquak
Actually, "they may have been destroyed by one of the many volcanic outbreaks that have formed in the Arabian lava fields"
Madain Saleh - A whole view - by VïğÏłänt Ďëmøñ
Madain Saleh - Catacombs by VïğÏłänt Ďëmøñ.jpg
Madain Saleh - the enterence to the Tombs . by VïğÏłänt Ďëmøñ
Source :
The Ruins of Madain Saleh - Saudi Arabia : Travel Tourism
Photos by VïğÏłänt Ďëmøñ .
