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Photo: Ahmad AlHasanat — CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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About Rock-Cut Tomb at Hegra, AlUla

Hegra, also known as Mada'in Salih, was the second city of the Nabataeans, the same people who built Petra in Jordan. Between about the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD they carved 111 monumental tombs into the sandstone outcrops here, many with decorated fronts and inscriptions naming their owners. The city lay on the incense route that carried frankincense and myrrh from southern Arabia to the Mediterranean. In 2008 Hegra became the first World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia.

Puzzle tip: the carved tomb front has the sharpest lines, so start there; the rough rock and the sky come next.

Location
Saudi Arabia, Asia
Theme
Landmark