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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)' has mentioned 'Archaeological' in the following places:
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Recent archaeological work has revealed numerous rock writings and pictures not only on Mount Athleb, but also throughout central Arabia. | WIKI |
Archaeological traces of cave art on the sandstones and epigraphic inscriptions, considered by experts to be Lihyanite script, on top of the Athleb Mountain,[19] near Hegra (Madaxe2x80x99in Salih), have been dated to the 3rdxe2x80x932nd century BC,[15] indicating the early human settlement of the area, which has an accessible source of freshwater and fertile soil. | WIKI |
[37] Supported by the lack of later developments based on archaeological studies, experts have hypothesized that the site had lost all of its urban functions beginning in the late Antiquity (mainly due to the process of desertification). | WIKI |
[42] 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. | WIKI |
In 1962, examples of many inscriptions were discovered and renewed the archaeological assessment of Hijr (Madaxe2x80x99in Salih) by Winnett and Reed. | WIKI |
[17] Although the Al-Hijr site was proclaimed as an archaeological treasure in the early 1970s, few investigations had been conducted since. | WIKI |
The prohibition on the veneration of objects/artifacts has resulted in minimal archaeological activities. | WIKI |
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. | WIKI |
[46] More recent archaeological studies of the area have been made as part of efforts to document and preserve the heritage sites prior to opening the area to more tourism. | WIKI |
The archaeological vestiges of Mada'in Salih are often compared with those of Petra (above), the Nabatean capital situated 500xc2xa0km (310xc2xa0mi) north-west of Mada'in Salih[15]Qaxe1xb9xa3r Al-Farxc4xabd (Arabic: xd9x82xd9x8exd8xb5xd9x92xd8xb1 xd9xb1xd9x84xd9x92xd9x81xd9x8exd8xb1xd9x90xd9x8axd9x92xd8xafxe2x80x8e), the largest tomb at the archaeological site | WIKI |