I had the pleasure of seeing this 6 months ago. Camped in the desert and had a local guide organize a spectacular tour of Madaen Saleh and the city of Al Ula. After traveling to over 25 countries, seeing this- is still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen, in person. Really, quite amazing. Especially the old palace remains- the pictures are a treasure. This country has a reputation, yes. When you are from another place - there is total mystery and some confusion, for sure. Not saying everything is or has been perfect, at all. Simply saying, after visiting and seeing with my own eyes and experiencing the country ... well, like any place... if, you go, your own experience is the only one that matters.
I’m glad you enjoyed my country Saudi Arabia. And you can’t judge a whole nation based on stereotypes. There are MANY open-minded people in Saudi Arabia as well. And thank you for these kind words.
Ahmad Alibrahim its my pleasure. I have truly enjoyed living in my host country. I hope to see as much of your country- this next year. One of the reasons I moved here was to immerse myself in a culture and a part of the world that is mysterious to the rest of the world. Like anyone who travels a lot, my perspective is more open- because I actually travel to a place and have a personal experience- rather than form an opinion based on stereotypes. Here’s to your country and me seeing more of it. :)
Mohannd A Thank you. I actually live here and am really enjoying my host country. I will continue to visit and see as much of your country while I live here. Cheers :-)
Can you provide me with contact details for the tour guide you used or could recommend. My husband and I would love to visit this place and like you want to immerse ourselves in such a rich and old culture.
What a beautiful place , i really understand why they want to preserve this place, this is indeed one more one of the marvellous places in the world !!!!!!!!
I went there when I was younger. What a spectacular place to be! Can’t wait to see people from around the world come and enjoy every aspect of this remarkable heritage.
Saud guard these treasures. Taliban destroyed ancient statues And ISIS wasn't to kind to Syrian and Iraqi ancient treasures. And congratulations. These are truly remarkable and never knew they existed. The landscape looked amazing too with the tall rock formations. Beautiful.
@@DHSNAKE and those were most valuable sites,,,but its all of westerns plane, they were still in mentality of Persia vs Rome...but what goes around comes around
Ammar Attab i wish that was true but still, I'm happy for the Saudi citizens sake that these historic findings are being uncovered. This is interesting. Protect these sites as they are something that the extremist islamists despise more than us Shia Muslims which is evidence that there was no jahalia (age of ignorance) before Islam on Arabian peninsula. Just happens to be that there was rich culture there too before religious hubris and fanatism took over. Anyway, congratulations.
Be careful for your statement for all you wish to welcome in our beloved holy City remember it's not Paris oh New York.... This is the city of the prophet peace and blessings be upon him..
Not treasure, its the place of punishment from time of Salih alayhissallaam. The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Do not enter the dwellings of those who were punished by Allaah (God )except while crying. If you are not crying then do not enter their dwellings lest you be afflicted with what afflicted them.’ He then masked his face with his mantle and rode faster until they crossed the valley.’1 In another narration, Ibn Umar told a different part of the story: Allaah's Messenger found that some of the Muslims who were travelling ahead of him had stopped in the dwellings of the people of al-Hijr in order to draw water from the well there. They drank from this water, refilled their water skins from it, and also used it to mix with their grains and make dough. When he ﷺ heard this, he commanded them to pour out the water in their water skins and to throw away the dough they had made with it.2 1 -2 Bukhārī and Muslim
Best place that I have visited is that of the body of a black female woman. Her body is the canvas for this wonderful mass of land we call planet Earth. Simply breathtaking.
Majid Ali israel didn't lunch a ballistic missiles towards our capital but iran did more than 100 times!! u still want to convince me that iran is not our enemy??!!!!
Lol I still don't buy that, last time I checked the Yemenis want the war to end please inform dam dam bin salmaan, if you can't win against the hothi rebals do you really think you will win against iranis lol, the Yemenis hate you people they are dying because of you I have family there you stupid their dying cold hearted human beings don't you feel anything
The ancient writing is similar to the one of Eritrea 🇪🇷 and Ethiopia 🇪🇹. And it is still used in the above mentioned countries even thought it has varied since the ancient times. We followed the same religion which was base on the lunar calendar and had the half moon and star as one of its symbols.
Dame bro I’m originally from this place al- alu .my Great great great great great Great grandad was the king/ shik of al ula and my grandad moved from there when he was young and now my family live in England it’s so cool to see where I came from because I’ve never been there
This city was built by Nabataeans. People of Thamud were located in modern Jordan. Archaeologists have found inscriptions in rock talking about Iram, the city of the people of Thamud
I would love to safely check out the middle east. Ive been to Egypt and all over Europe and the usa, Mexico but the majority of the middle east has been inaccessible to the west until recently.
hmmm, a part of me want to keep it closed from tourist. it just time before a dumb tourist write his name in the site saying he was there dated bla bla. giza was vandaled back then.
Yeah, same but did you know that people came to this site 1300 years ago and wrote some words as shown here 1:34 just for a record of their arrival there. It's ironic lol.
@Andrea Crnjanin ... Quranic verses were altogether difference from formal Arabic. Don't u have even grasp this simple thing. Go, clean lavatories as it is your profession of xtians.
Lot about tourism but precious little about the history. Who were the Nabataeans and when/why did they go extinct? Are modern Saudis living in today's Arabian penninsula the descendents of the Nabateans?
Those stone home dwellings carved in solid rock are the left over of the Thamud, who had the technology given to them, until they betray the Creator and were banished. Every Muslim who read the Quran will know of the story.. The pillars of Iram by the people of Ad and people of Thamud who carve rocks in the valleys. Of course the western historians wouldn't know and they came up with all sort of theories why these places were left and remain intact still. والله علم
Māsnad or Most likely it’s Nabataean Arabic (old form of Arabic writing that Nabataeans used which is somehow related to Aramaic.. but they used Arabic language so for example; same with Southeast Asian people whom use Latin letters but for their own language, same Nabataeans did they used fusion letters but for Arabic words later then developed modern Arabic letters ) hope its helpful and wish you a nice day / evening 🌼
Dumb dumb the king of Jordan came after ww1 Mecca so basically Jordan is Arabian not levant it's supposed to be part of Saudi heck..i am sure that Jordanians wouldn't mind being part of us seeing that their government is crap and they would be way more economically advantaged if they were Saudi Arabian
The fundamental thing is Saudis do not have a choice.British and Americans if they would not want to dig the oil...Saudis would have NO choice but to eat date and Ruti made from some kind grass. But the basic thing is after they have Oil from Nature,they could not think anything else.May be you heard,Saudis went to visit USA and England and with couple of women with them and booked the whole Hotel. In 1963 King Ibne Saud went to Bairut with 65 young women and booked the entire Hotel and did not allow any photographer. But one American Photographer with telescopic lens took one shot from two miles away. The present so called government send the student to US OR England. They are afraid of coup...so they give thousands of dollar to those student but basically those so called student do not go to school or college.They goes to Hotels with charming girls and drink. So what you can expect?
It is not Nabatean ! It is thamood time . I don’t know who told you it is Nabatean. At 3:14 you can sea Mahlab Annaqa and this happened duernig prophet Saleh period which is Thamood not Nabatean
Anybody who want to bring any change to the holy city have to be careful for the type of change they're bringing this is the holy city city of the prophet not New York or uk..... Because we Muslims against any changes which goes against the teachings of the Holy Quran and teachings of the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him..
Finger yourself this is the country of Saudi people this land is not yours I am muslim more than u but If you want to speak go to Israel and speak with them about Islam don’t speak about Saudi Because our grand grandfather make your grand grandfather muslim
Inscription on rocks were the rule and quite intelligent way to have libraries ..like in Arabia , Iran , India and others ..I wonder what will happen if the civilization of now is wiped out ..how will next generation know about us when digital records are gone
A breath of fresh air from Saudi Arabia embracing their pre-islamic history. Let's hope Al Qaida won't redecorate the location like ISIS did to Syrian and Iraqi museums and historic sites. I know how we Persians appreciate our ancient history and how important it is to our identity. Let's hope these historic sites can bring a broader picture of Arab identity to it's current population and make them realise that they had a culture too before Islam. And that should still be worn with pride as part of their heritage and national identity. Great video.
DHSNAKE the islamic history is not embraced anymore look at mecca how it's turned into . Its spiritual value has lost ( at least for me ) it nature has been destroyed the mountains are replaced with ugly buildings and hotels the government only care for money 💰 but ignoring the history of this city that even goes way before islam to Ibrahim and his son Ishmael
asmaa s that's exactly my point too. To know who we are we must know our past. That is part of our identity. To say everything before Islam was the age of ignorance is literally attempting to erase a people's past but why? To mold them into something new. Don't get me wrong, Islam just like any other religion should exists as a cultural landmark for regions and entire ethnic groups plus Mecca and kaaba it self is also part of Saudi Arabian history now and it's place should be respected just as the historic findings of the pre Islamic era of Arabian peninsula. My point is that a religion should not be allowed to completely dominate a society or culture or it will eradicate all the aspects of that culture that the theology don't approve of in order to assert it's own control. While it might not seem as a horrible loss at first sight, to loose your identity is to loose your connection with your past. I'm genuinely happy that this treasure exists and I can't repeat this enough, guard this or similar pre Islamic historic sites because unfortunately Saudi Arabia have a real problem with people thinking in very strict and uncompromising religious patterns and anything that would seem slightly in conflict with their views will come under attack and destruction. I mean do you remember Talibans destroying one of the oldest and few remaining large statues of budda in afghanistan? Communist (and totally non religious) China offered a colossal amount of money to buy and relocate the statue. Well, that piece of cultural heritage was blown up. Or ISIS destroying museums in Iraq and Syria. Relics several thousands of years old destroyed in a moment in order to "maintain actual ignorance" about a forgotten time. I'm fascinated to learn more about that era of Arab history rather than hearing how there was nothing before islam. Who were Arabs of that time? How did they live? How did they think? How did they view existence and everything within it? That too is the cultural heritage of your people if your a Saudi (I assume). Btw, I know our people are supposed to hate each other but I don't get that either. If Europeans that started two world wars along with countless centuries of animosity and wars before those world wars and yet they can create a union together and live peacefully side by side, why are we people of middle east not doing the same thing?! At some point Europeans put their differences aside and started to see each other like actual people and not potential enemies. Why aren't we doing the same? What do you think?
DHSNAKE Well I am sorry about what I said about colonizing Persia, I have just read this comment and I have to say that I respect the way you think, we should respect our pre-Islamic- period,first point I agree with, because it is a part of our identity, second point we must stop hate each other and stop killing each others because we have a lot of common things including the geographical and cultural things, don’t go far, in second world war Europeans killed each others more than any period in the history, and yet, they established their EU.
Lol it's much better than Petra.. this is just 1 percent of Saudi Arabia's land area..if you go to the south we have the area of (ashab al akhdood) which is a city where a Jewish king burned all it's Christian inhabitants ..its even written in the Bibal and Quran the city is still intact with burn victims still there.. Also we have the kenda civilization and many others. Finally we have the greatest which the Islamic civilization..
Haven't archeologist found any evidence of some earthquake in there or anything significant written in what is told to be a library, perhaps showing their level of technology, science or skills of their time, did they even keep dates or time record ??????
Al akhdood isnt a city but a region where some cities are found, the area was controlled by the axumite empire when axum and himyar divided saba between them selfs,axum was Christian so when the himyar became jewish the people from the axum controlled area became Christians,axum was repeatedly invading the himyar &they placed a viceroy there so a jewish guy(not a queen)called yusuf dhu nawas revolted,destroyed all the axumite churchs,killed the Christians for that axum invaded yemen & destroyed himyar,dhu nawas killed himself,they placed a yemeni called estephanos on power this time but one of their own called abreha revolted and took power its the same guy who tried to destroy mecca,he later died and axum retook yemen until it started declining and persia invaded yemen
I hate when they do things in private....gives them time to hide/destroy what THEY don't want people to know, steal and keep artifacts of their choosing, etc. It also gives them time to "rewrite" history and create narratives.....le sigh.
lol those Islamic writing on wall are the last mark on something that pre dates Islam. That is a ancient civilisation far older than Islam. Islam came way more in modern times, different culture, pre Islam
مَرَرْنَا مع رَسولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلَّمَ علَى الحِجْرِ، فَقالَ لَنَا رَسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلَّمَ: لا تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ، إلَّا أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ حَذَرًا، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ ما أَصَابَهُمْ ثُمَّ زَجَرَ فأسْرَعَ حتَّى خَلَّفَهَا. الراوي : عبدالله بن عمر | المحدث : مسلم | المصدر : صحيح مسلم الصفحة أو الرقم: 2980 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : [صحيح] أنَّ رَسولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ قالَ لأصْحَابِ الحِجْرِ: لا تَدْخُلُوا علَى هَؤُلَاءِ القَوْمِ إلَّا أنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، فإنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ فلا تَدْخُلُوا عليهم، أنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ ما أصَابَهُمْ. الراوي : عبدالله بن عمر | المحدث : البخاري | المصدر : صحيح البخاري الصفحة أو الرقم: 4702 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : [صحيح] في هذا الحديثِ يُحَذِّر النبيُّ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم أصحابَه أنْ يَدخُلوا دِيارَ أصحابِ الحِجْرِ- وهم قومُ ثَمُودَ الذين أهلَكَهم الله تعالى- إلَّا وهم يَبْكُون، وحذَّرهم مِن أنَّهم لو دَخَلوها على غيرِ هذِه الصِّفَةِ فإنَّ الله تعالى قد يُصِيبُهم بِمِثْلِ ما أصابَهم مِن العذابِ؛ لأنَّ الداخِلَ دارَ قومٍ أُهْلِكوا بِخَسْفٍ أو عَذَابٍ إذا لم يَكُنْ باكيًا- إمَّا شَفَقَةً عليهم وإمَّا خوفًا مِن حُلولِ مِثْلِها به- كان قَاسِيَ القلبِ قليلَ الخشوعِ، فلا يَأْمَنُ إذا كان هكذا أنْ يُصِيبَه ما أصابهم. وفي الحديثِ: التَّفكُّرُ في أحوالِ مَن أهلَكَهم اللهُ تعالى، والحَذَرُ ممَّا وقَعوا فيه؛ والحذرُ مِن الغَفلةِ عن تدبُّرِ الآياتِ؛ لأنَّ مَن رأَى ما حلَّ بالعُصاةِ ولم يتنبهْ بذلك مِن غَفلتِه، ولم يتفكَّر في حالِهم، ويَعتبِرْ بهم؛ فإنَّه يُخشَى حُلولُ العقوبة به؛ فإنَّها إنَّما حلَّتْ بالعُصاةِ لغَفلتِهم عن التدبُّرِ، وإهمالِهم اليقظةَ والتذكُّر
After a period of time, the people of Thamud decided to kill the camel, and when they killed it, God destroyed them all with the shouting, and his prophet good and those who believed with him from the people of Thamud escaped, and then Saleh and his believers left to Makkah.
fantastic but these are not tombs so i would take the tour guides words with a grain of salt. Just because they have been crudely vandalized by ancient arabic graffiti does not make them Islamic either. They are preislam. The volcanic regions of arabia have hundreds if not thousands of stone markings more fascinating than the Nazca lines but as i can tell they would rather distract you with these supposed tombs than to have to answer for what those markings might be because they are preislamic as are these supposed tombs, but they dont want to accept their pagan past. Look up the channels of Michael Tellinger and Brien Foerster before you go.
Gods Eye View they accept their pagan past . They just no longer feel connected to it. It is labelled “ time of ignorance “ . Just like us european don’t really feel connected to our Middle Ages or Stone Age
All is well said but I didn't understand how the script engraved can be Islamic? Islam is 1300 years old. But the structure if it is prehistoric it would be before advent of Islam. Let real scientific facts come out and not some fanatic views.
Arabia, Levant and Mesopotamia/Iraq full of historical site, with old castle, old fort, old palace, old city wall, but Yemen, Iraq and Syria today many historical Building and ruins are destroyed, Syria Castle, City wall, caravanserai,old city, old building. it sad, in 1920s Saudi destroyed many artifact and building too. i believe they regret now. this is proof of Arab civilization. if Arab it self love to wipeout and have nothing like Sub-saharan africa like Congo, Central Africa Republic, Senegal.
@@kareemtheeb1478 So you want Indonesian and Malaysia to destroy they old hindu-buddist temple like Borobudur and Prambanan because they have islam? did Arab hate their pre-islam civilization? so arab want become like Congo, Senegal, Australia with no civilization.
Yemen, Saudi, levant and Iraq(Mesopotamia) are all part of the Arabian peninsula. Its even got its own tectonic plate called the Arabian tectonic plate.
still under work for Tourism more improvements to come ... human Civilization in Arabia is one of the oldest in the world ... dates back to Al-Magar civilization 7000-9000 B.C funnily enough ... it's the same culture we have for thousands of years .. in Al-Magar we found that they take cares of horses and wear Jambya (which we still do it today) and much more like Kingdom of Dilmun and Kingdom of Kindah and others
@@patois there are no claims .. but only hard facts learn some History about the M.E and Al-Magar civilization and how we still to this date after over 10,000 years preserved much of our ancestors culture
I am deaf and without closed captioning I can't read to understand other than your Discriminating Against the Handicapped, shame on you, it's know wonder America hates the Saudi.
are Saudis trying to create a culture. They should be proud of the desert hey have and keep setting up tents. there are a lot of people who go to Mecca which will bring a lot of money to the country. what tourism??? they cut hands in the public and a lot of fundamentalism in the country, and a woman daring to walk in the country without the covering them with a black cloth all round.
we have culture that dates back to 7000-9000 B.C with newly discovered Al-Magar civilization we still carry the same values that they did with taking care of horses , and wearing Janbya and much more and earliest Farming in human history along the Fertile crescent and i didn't talk about Thamud , Kingdom of Kindah , and Dilmun and many others and of course the Islamic history and how we conquered the lands from borders of China to the Atlantic ocean and built a great nation that lasted for 1000 years and it's funny when you say that we are trying to create culture .. when most of you don't even have 50% of our heritage
@@patois there are no claims .. but only hard facts learn some History about the M.E and Al-Magar civilization and how we still to this date after over 10,000 years preserved much of our ancestors culture
So saudi Arabia wasn't a dessert as narrated by Quran? If images are made during the first century of Islam then why isn't allow today..? Something wrong somewhere
I had the pleasure of seeing this 6 months ago. Camped in the desert and had a local guide organize a spectacular tour of Madaen Saleh and the city of Al Ula. After traveling to over 25 countries, seeing this- is still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen, in person.
Really, quite amazing. Especially the old palace remains- the pictures are a treasure.
This country has a reputation, yes. When you are from another place - there is total mystery and some confusion, for sure. Not saying everything is or has been perfect, at all. Simply saying, after visiting and seeing with my own eyes and experiencing the country ... well, like any place... if, you go, your own experience is the only one that matters.
Adventures with Bedouin Babe
I'm glad you enjoyed in my county and I hope you come back again
I’m glad you enjoyed my country Saudi Arabia. And you can’t judge a whole nation based on stereotypes. There are MANY open-minded people in Saudi Arabia as well. And thank you for these kind words.
Ahmad Alibrahim its my pleasure. I have truly enjoyed living in my host country. I hope to see as much of your country- this next year. One of the reasons I moved here was to immerse myself in a culture and a part of the world that is mysterious to the rest of the world. Like anyone who travels a lot, my perspective is more open- because I actually travel to a place and have a personal experience- rather than form an opinion based on stereotypes. Here’s to your country and me seeing more of it. :)
Mohannd A Thank you. I actually live here and am really enjoying my host country. I will continue to visit and see as much of your country while I live here. Cheers :-)
Can you provide me with contact details for the tour guide you used or could recommend. My husband and I would love to visit this place and like you want to immerse ourselves in such a rich and old culture.
What a beautiful place , i really understand why they want to preserve this place, this is indeed one more one of the marvellous places in the world !!!!!!!!
I went there when I was younger. What a spectacular place to be!
Can’t wait to see people from around the world come and enjoy every aspect of this remarkable heritage.
Saud guard these treasures. Taliban destroyed ancient statues And ISIS wasn't to kind to Syrian and Iraqi ancient treasures. And congratulations. These are truly remarkable and never knew they existed. The landscape looked amazing too with the tall rock formations. Beautiful.
@@DHSNAKE and those were most valuable sites,,,but its all of westerns plane, they were still in mentality of Persia vs Rome...but what goes around comes around
@@learnmore7969 sorry could you explain what you mean?
Great work... Prince Bin Salmam.
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🇸🇦❤🇸🇳 الله يحيك في السعوديه
Stupid
¿Am Ashong?
Me as a Saudi I want to welcome people all around the world to visit us 💚
Yeh the prophet (saw)said not to visit those site, and yet here you are and your “prince” did exactly that. خونة الإسلام
@@teejay9598 .. profit said ... forget you past & give it to me !
Even from Persia?
Nah 😅😂 iranian people can visit Mecca and Madina only
Dont forgot to tell them this is sabaean kingdom and this letters bare sabaic
All people are welcome in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Ammar Attab i wish that was true but still, I'm happy for the Saudi citizens sake that these historic findings are being uncovered. This is interesting. Protect these sites as they are something that the extremist islamists despise more than us Shia Muslims which is evidence that there was no jahalia (age of ignorance) before Islam on Arabian peninsula. Just happens to be that there was rich culture there too before religious hubris and fanatism took over. Anyway, congratulations.
Enshallah open for turist
Be careful for your statement for all you wish to welcome in our beloved holy City remember it's not Paris oh New York.... This is the city of the prophet peace and blessings be upon him..
@@suomi5454 yes they are now building it
@@suomi5454 what do you mean ceceded to Israel it being built for tourism
What an awesome place!
Waiting to be able to go to these exiting historic sites😍🇸🇦
@Knight Rider are you moron? Every corner in this region has places that are more than 4000 years old
Amazing it's like planet Mars
You have no idea how interesting your comment is. Watch Rogue One (Star wars) and you will see what the history of Arabia really is ;)
We have the honor to you at any time♥️
mars the son of jupiter, father of romulus and remus
And we are Martians 😁
Welcome all in my country 💚🇸🇦
We love our country KSA 🇸🇦💚🙏🏻
thank you King Salman and Prince Mohammed bin salman 🙏🏻💚
French tourists will enjoy in Saudi Arabia I'm sure
Abdulrhman a 😂😂😂
It is an important decision to develop these sites that will increase an awareness of people.
Not treasure, its the place of punishment from time of Salih alayhissallaam.
The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Do not enter the dwellings of those who were punished by Allaah (God )except while crying. If you are not crying then do not enter their dwellings lest you be afflicted with what afflicted them.’ He then masked his face with his mantle and rode faster until they crossed the valley.’1
In another narration, Ibn Umar told a different part of the story: Allaah's Messenger found that some of the Muslims who were travelling ahead of him had stopped in the dwellings of the people of al-Hijr in order to draw water from the well there. They drank from this water, refilled their water skins from it, and also used it to mix with their grains and make dough. When he ﷺ heard this, he commanded them to pour out the water in their water skins and to throw away the dough they had made with it.2
1 -2 Bukhārī and Muslim
I Had visited this place for Three time .it's very Beautiful and Amazing place to be There.
And I will visit Again you can't get enough of it.
Can’t wait to visit , I hope they preserve it.
Adding this to my "bucket list of places to travel"
Best place that I have visited is that of the body of a black female woman. Her body is the canvas for this wonderful mass of land we call planet Earth. Simply breathtaking.
So glad to see that Saudi Arabia is changing.
i feel proud 💚 🇸🇦
سامي العويبدي please don't your an emberesment to the Islamic sunii world Isreal is the enemy not iran
Majid Ali israel didn't lunch a ballistic missiles towards our capital but iran did more than 100 times!!
u still want to convince me that iran is not our enemy??!!!!
Lol I still don't buy that, last time I checked the Yemenis want the war to end please inform dam dam bin salmaan, if you can't win against the hothi rebals do you really think you will win against iranis lol, the Yemenis hate you people they are dying because of you I have family there you stupid their dying cold hearted human beings don't you feel anything
you both are wrong, soon the saudi women will work as prostitutes for tourists
Saudi is the worst country for the muslims. You guys are weak fat spoiled people. The real muslims will rise
I living in AlUla, and yeah that's amazing place
I went to this wonderful area, very beautiful 😍😍😍
The ancient writing is similar to the one of Eritrea 🇪🇷 and Ethiopia 🇪🇹. And it is still used in the above mentioned countries even thought it has varied since the ancient times. We followed the same religion which was base on the lunar calendar and had the half moon and star as one of its symbols.
Who? When? Why? How? Your language and Arabic are Semitic sisters. We do share everything from language to religion
No you don't share this language.
This language is north arabian.
You share the south arabian language in yemen.
Dame bro I’m originally from this place al- alu .my Great great great great great Great grandad was the king/ shik of al ula and my grandad moved from there when he was young and now my family live in England it’s so cool to see where I came from because I’ve never been there
wow
The people of thamud ...quran tells everything ..👍
This city was built by Nabataeans. People of Thamud were located in modern Jordan. Archaeologists have found inscriptions in rock talking about Iram, the city of the people of Thamud
@@pheeel17 No Nabateans did not build these, they were nomads. I do think the Thamud constructed these.
I would love to safely check out the middle east. Ive been to Egypt and all over Europe and the usa, Mexico but the majority of the middle east has been inaccessible to the west until recently.
Al Ula - been there when im working at Prince Adbul Majeed Bin Abdulaziz Domestic Airport
The history is mentioned in holy Quran.. how the city was wiped out...
I would go!
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Come I will receive you from there ..we can go to the desert for chicken grill...yammy
That’s so cool , picture historic value of Sadi Aribia before climate killed off wild animals, like the giraffes 🦒
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Their finally opening up
I mean wow. Yes please open to the tourist. But also place strict laws to help preserve it.
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Al ula meaning is the highest right?
Yahya Tamrin
The word Al-Ula means a high place.
Ali Alhassani al-ula doesn’t it mean more precisely the first people?
When will it open for visit?
i believe in 2020 the site will re-open after the improvements are made
Amir Khan it’s open now welcome
Good Job, MBS...
Those are not tombs
awesome place ❤❤
land of the most ancient
hmmm, a part of me want to keep it closed from tourist. it just time before a dumb tourist write his name in the site saying he was there dated bla bla. giza was vandaled back then.
Yeah, same but did you know that people came to this site 1300 years ago and wrote some words as shown here 1:34 just for a record of their arrival there. It's ironic lol.
@Andrea Crnjanin ... Quranic verses were altogether difference from formal Arabic. Don't u have even grasp this simple thing. Go, clean lavatories as it is your profession of xtians.
I hope one day praveen mohan come to survey the area and reveal the truth about this archeological site!
Lot about tourism but precious little about the history. Who were the Nabataeans and when/why did they go extinct? Are modern Saudis living in today's Arabian penninsula the descendents of the Nabateans?
Yeah nabateans are old arabs
Saudi Arabia have too much tourism site. Go ahead
Those stone home dwellings carved in solid rock are the left over of the Thamud, who had the technology given to them, until they betray the Creator and were banished. Every Muslim who read the Quran will know of the story.. The pillars of Iram by the people of Ad and people of Thamud who carve rocks in the valleys.
Of course the western historians wouldn't know and they came up with all sort of theories why these places were left and remain intact still.
والله علم
This news channel is saying it was build by Nabatean people
@@BlissAden hear it again ..some of this tomb dates back to the Nabatean period..
Fuad Abdul Latif so Petra and Madain Saleh was built by Nabatean people?
@@BlissAden ...yes.
Btw, this historical place & incident in the period of Prophet Saleh AS of Thamood race belong to Nebatians is not mentioned in Torah or OT.
Beware, Petra has a serious competitor
Quran mentioned this place
Is dz hijr/ thamud to where salih AS was sent to..?
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@2:08 what language is that carved into the rock?
Māsnad or Most likely it’s Nabataean Arabic (old form of Arabic writing that Nabataeans used which is somehow related to Aramaic.. but they used Arabic language so for example; same with Southeast Asian people whom use Latin letters but for their own language, same Nabataeans did they used fusion letters but for Arabic words later then developed modern Arabic letters ) hope its helpful and wish you a nice day / evening 🌼
That’s thamudic inscription mostly
With some lyhianites and dedanite scripts
The question is; who built these?
The people of thamud, the quran tells you everything 👍🏾 the quran says they were HUGEEEE human beings that had to make houses inside the mountains.
Ppl of thamud in the quran they were an ancient arab tribe/people. They were apart of the nabeatean arab empire
@@dangterrat5684 But Thamud existed way before the Nabateans.
Petra is geographically and historically part of Hijaz, it should be part of Saudi Arabia
Dumb dumb the king of Jordan came after ww1 Mecca so basically Jordan is Arabian not levant it's supposed to be part of Saudi heck..i am sure that Jordanians wouldn't mind being part of us seeing that their government is crap and they would be way more economically advantaged if they were Saudi Arabian
The fundamental thing is Saudis do not have a choice.British and Americans if they would not want to dig the oil...Saudis would have NO choice but to eat date and Ruti made from some kind grass. But the basic thing is after they have Oil from Nature,they could not think anything else.May be you heard,Saudis went to visit USA and England and with couple of women with them and booked the whole Hotel. In 1963 King Ibne Saud went to Bairut with 65 young women and booked the entire Hotel and did not allow any photographer. But one American Photographer with telescopic lens took one shot from two miles away. The present so called government send the student to US OR England. They are afraid of coup...so they give thousands of dollar to those student but basically those so called student do not go to school or college.They goes to Hotels with charming girls and drink. So what you can expect?
@@Pauly_walnuts Its the other way around, but close.
Saudi Umayyad Empire no
EMPIRE E RIP ME
I live in the city of Ela
Indonesia treasure🙋
Great place 👏
It is not Nabatean ! It is thamood time . I don’t know who told you it is Nabatean. At 3:14 you can sea Mahlab Annaqa and this happened duernig prophet Saleh period which is Thamood not Nabatean
MAQ MAQ Thamood is cited in the Quran not in the Bible. So I doubt they will know it.
Same mars
Place of prophet Sali pbuh.
They have to secure it otherwise ISIL will destroy it , like they destroyed dozens of ancient historical sites in Iraq and Syria.
Wow!
Anybody who want to bring any change to the holy city have to be careful for the type of change they're bringing this is the holy city city of the prophet not New York or uk..... Because we Muslims against any changes which goes against the teachings of the Holy Quran and teachings of the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him..
Finger yourself this is the country of Saudi people this land is not yours I am muslim more than u but If you want to speak go to Israel and speak with them about Islam don’t speak about Saudi Because our grand grandfather make your grand grandfather muslim
Inscription on rocks were the rule and quite intelligent way to have libraries ..like in Arabia , Iran , India and others ..I wonder what will happen if the civilization of now is wiped out ..how will next generation know about us when digital records are gone
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ALL these ancient monolithic structures are from the first earth age!!
just don't destroy with excessive tourism !!!
Fu
No thanks
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Great Saudi Arabia
A breath of fresh air from Saudi Arabia embracing their pre-islamic history. Let's hope Al Qaida won't redecorate the location like ISIS did to Syrian and Iraqi museums and historic sites. I know how we Persians appreciate our ancient history and how important it is to our identity. Let's hope these historic sites can bring a broader picture of Arab identity to it's current population and make them realise that they had a culture too before Islam. And that should still be worn with pride as part of their heritage and national identity. Great video.
DHSNAKE the islamic history is not embraced anymore look at mecca how it's turned into . Its spiritual value has lost ( at least for me ) it nature has been destroyed the mountains are replaced with ugly buildings and hotels the government only care for money 💰 but ignoring the history of this city that even goes way before islam to Ibrahim and his son Ishmael
asmaa s that's exactly my point too. To know who we are we must know our past. That is part of our identity. To say everything before Islam was the age of ignorance is literally attempting to erase a people's past but why? To mold them into something new. Don't get me wrong, Islam just like any other religion should exists as a cultural landmark for regions and entire ethnic groups plus Mecca and kaaba it self is also part of Saudi Arabian history now and it's place should be respected just as the historic findings of the pre Islamic era of Arabian peninsula. My point is that a religion should not be allowed to completely dominate a society or culture or it will eradicate all the aspects of that culture that the theology don't approve of in order to assert it's own control. While it might not seem as a horrible loss at first sight, to loose your identity is to loose your connection with your past. I'm genuinely happy that this treasure exists and I can't repeat this enough, guard this or similar pre Islamic historic sites because unfortunately Saudi Arabia have a real problem with people thinking in very strict and uncompromising religious patterns and anything that would seem slightly in conflict with their views will come under attack and destruction. I mean do you remember Talibans destroying one of the oldest and few remaining large statues of budda in afghanistan? Communist (and totally non religious) China offered a colossal amount of money to buy and relocate the statue. Well, that piece of cultural heritage was blown up. Or ISIS destroying museums in Iraq and Syria. Relics several thousands of years old destroyed in a moment in order to "maintain actual ignorance" about a forgotten time.
I'm fascinated to learn more about that era of Arab history rather than hearing how there was nothing before islam. Who were Arabs of that time? How did they live? How did they think? How did they view existence and everything within it? That too is the cultural heritage of your people if your a Saudi (I assume).
Btw, I know our people are supposed to hate each other but I don't get that either. If Europeans that started two world wars along with countless centuries of animosity and wars before those world wars and yet they can create a union together and live peacefully side by side, why are we people of middle east not doing the same thing?! At some point Europeans put their differences aside and started to see each other like actual people and not potential enemies. Why aren't we doing the same? What do you think?
I think you are butthurt because Arabs colonized Persia.
Abdullah Al-Hazzani why would I be? That was almost 1400 years ago! Lol
DHSNAKE Well I am sorry about what I said about colonizing Persia, I have just read this comment and I have to say that I respect the way you think, we should respect our pre-Islamic- period,first point I agree with, because it is a part of our identity, second point we must stop hate each other and stop killing each others because we have a lot of common things including the geographical and cultural things, don’t go far, in second world war Europeans killed each others more than any period in the history, and yet, they established their EU.
Oh yea ruin it with tourists. Smart.
Lol it's much better than Petra.. this is just 1 percent of Saudi Arabia's land area..if you go to the south we have the area of (ashab al akhdood) which is a city where a Jewish king burned all it's Christian inhabitants ..its even written in the Bibal and Quran the city is still intact with burn victims still there..
Also we have the kenda civilization and many others.
Finally we have the greatest which the Islamic civilization..
Saud OG
كلامك جميل بس شيل lol إليّ في البداية واحترم ثقافات الآخرين وتاريخهم يحترمونك ويقدروا كلامك ... مني فاهم ايش يضحك في الموضوع
it’s closed to the public anyway.
Very interesting! Peace.
Haven't archeologist found any evidence of some earthquake in there or anything significant written in what is told to be a library, perhaps showing their level of technology, science or skills of their time, did they even keep dates or time record ??????
Al akhdood isnt a city but a region where some cities are found, the area was controlled by the axumite empire when axum and himyar divided saba between them selfs,axum was Christian so when the himyar became jewish the people from the axum controlled area became Christians,axum was repeatedly invading the himyar &they placed a viceroy there so a jewish guy(not a queen)called yusuf dhu nawas revolted,destroyed all the axumite churchs,killed the Christians for that axum invaded yemen & destroyed himyar,dhu nawas killed himself,they placed a yemeni called estephanos on power this time but one of their own called abreha revolted and took power its the same guy who tried to destroy mecca,he later died and axum retook yemen until it started declining and persia invaded yemen
This place has been mentioned in the Quran!
I’m a muslim from indonesia
What Surah?
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I hate when they do things in private....gives them time to hide/destroy what THEY don't want people to know, steal and keep artifacts of their choosing, etc. It also gives them time to "rewrite" history and create narratives.....le sigh.
Its theirs they can do what ever they want and its non of your business
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lol those Islamic writing on wall are the last mark on something that pre dates Islam. That is a ancient civilisation far older than Islam. Islam came way more in modern times, different culture, pre Islam
مَرَرْنَا مع رَسولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلَّمَ علَى الحِجْرِ، فَقالَ لَنَا رَسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلَّمَ: لا تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ، إلَّا أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ حَذَرًا، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ ما أَصَابَهُمْ ثُمَّ زَجَرَ فأسْرَعَ حتَّى خَلَّفَهَا.
الراوي : عبدالله بن عمر | المحدث : مسلم | المصدر : صحيح مسلم
الصفحة أو الرقم: 2980 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : [صحيح]
أنَّ رَسولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ قالَ لأصْحَابِ الحِجْرِ: لا تَدْخُلُوا علَى هَؤُلَاءِ القَوْمِ إلَّا أنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، فإنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ فلا تَدْخُلُوا عليهم، أنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ ما أصَابَهُمْ.
الراوي : عبدالله بن عمر | المحدث : البخاري | المصدر : صحيح البخاري
الصفحة أو الرقم: 4702 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : [صحيح]
في هذا الحديثِ يُحَذِّر النبيُّ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم أصحابَه أنْ يَدخُلوا دِيارَ أصحابِ الحِجْرِ- وهم قومُ ثَمُودَ الذين أهلَكَهم الله تعالى- إلَّا وهم يَبْكُون، وحذَّرهم مِن أنَّهم لو دَخَلوها على غيرِ هذِه الصِّفَةِ فإنَّ الله تعالى قد يُصِيبُهم بِمِثْلِ ما أصابَهم مِن العذابِ؛ لأنَّ الداخِلَ دارَ قومٍ أُهْلِكوا بِخَسْفٍ أو عَذَابٍ إذا لم يَكُنْ باكيًا- إمَّا شَفَقَةً عليهم وإمَّا خوفًا مِن حُلولِ مِثْلِها به- كان قَاسِيَ القلبِ قليلَ الخشوعِ، فلا يَأْمَنُ إذا كان هكذا أنْ يُصِيبَه ما أصابهم.
وفي الحديثِ: التَّفكُّرُ في أحوالِ مَن أهلَكَهم اللهُ تعالى، والحَذَرُ ممَّا وقَعوا فيه؛ والحذرُ مِن الغَفلةِ عن تدبُّرِ الآياتِ؛ لأنَّ مَن رأَى ما حلَّ بالعُصاةِ ولم يتنبهْ بذلك مِن غَفلتِه، ولم يتفكَّر في حالِهم، ويَعتبِرْ بهم؛ فإنَّه يُخشَى حُلولُ العقوبة به؛ فإنَّها إنَّما حلَّتْ بالعُصاةِ لغَفلتِهم عن التدبُّرِ، وإهمالِهم اليقظةَ والتذكُّر
After a period of time, the people of Thamud decided to kill the camel, and when they killed it, God destroyed them all with the shouting, and his prophet good and those who believed with him from the people of Thamud escaped, and then Saleh and his believers left to Makkah.
fantastic but these are not tombs so i would take the tour guides words with a grain of salt. Just because they have been crudely vandalized by ancient arabic graffiti does not make them Islamic either. They are preislam. The volcanic regions of arabia have hundreds if not thousands of stone markings more fascinating than the Nazca lines but as i can tell they would rather distract you with these supposed tombs than to have to answer for what those markings might be because they are preislamic as are these supposed tombs, but they dont want to accept their pagan past. Look up the channels of Michael Tellinger and Brien Foerster before you go.
Gods Eye View they accept their pagan past . They just no longer feel connected to it. It is labelled “ time of ignorance “ . Just like us european don’t really feel connected to our Middle Ages or Stone Age
They will build themselves a Dubai and the Europeans will come.
What I was thinking. There goes any authenticity.
All is well said but I didn't understand how the script engraved can be Islamic? Islam is 1300 years old. But the structure if it is prehistoric it would be before advent of Islam. Let real scientific facts come out and not some fanatic views.
What is the curse on this place cant find a English translation?
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Arabia, Levant and Mesopotamia/Iraq full of historical site, with old castle, old fort, old palace, old city wall, but Yemen, Iraq and Syria today many historical Building and ruins are destroyed, Syria Castle, City wall, caravanserai,old city, old building. it sad, in 1920s Saudi destroyed many artifact and building too. i believe they regret now. this is proof of Arab civilization. if Arab it self love to wipeout and have nothing like Sub-saharan africa like Congo, Central Africa Republic, Senegal.
We have islam.
We don't care about what was before it.
@@kareemtheeb1478 So you want Indonesian and Malaysia to destroy they old hindu-buddist temple like Borobudur and Prambanan because they have islam? did Arab hate their pre-islam civilization? so arab want become like Congo, Senegal, Australia with no civilization.
Safuwan Fauzi Indonesia doesn’t destroy hindu temple in Bali
We muslim indonesia living peace together
Yemen, Saudi, levant and Iraq(Mesopotamia) are all part of the Arabian peninsula. Its even got its own tectonic plate called the Arabian tectonic plate.
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This is the real Egypt! Read your BIBLE!!! Also, the real Israel is the Kalahari desert; study for your self!
How these structures were spared by Islamists ?
Shut up
Its related to Thamoud who had built it before Nabateans
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Very far to see and very little thing to see.
still under work for Tourism
more improvements to come ... human Civilization in Arabia is one of the oldest in the world ... dates back to Al-Magar civilization 7000-9000 B.C
funnily enough ... it's the same culture we have for thousands of years .. in Al-Magar we found that they take cares of horses and wear Jambya (which we still do it today)
and much more like Kingdom of Dilmun and Kingdom of Kindah and others
someone your claim is still funny.
@@patois there are no claims .. but only hard facts
learn some History about the M.E and Al-Magar civilization and how we still to this date after over 10,000 years preserved much of our ancestors culture
I am deaf and without closed captioning I can't read to understand other than your Discriminating Against the Handicapped, shame on you, it's know wonder America hates the Saudi.
i don't understand what you are saying... elaborate please
It's a French channel dude ..
This is new.. Fake monuments
Huh wtf
Then we can visit Yemen and Qatar
Islam isn't that ancient. Its pretty new compared to Judaism and Christianity.
No more "Saudi" Arabia. Time to throw away this tyrannical regime.
Idk why this concerns you... you’re not Saudi so you don’t have a say in this
Republic of Arabia
Baba Jaani in your dreams .
يا البقما
Saudi Umayyad Empire العن ام الذبه النايمه .
are Saudis trying to create a culture. They should be proud of the desert hey have and keep setting up tents. there are a lot of people who go to Mecca which will bring a lot of money to the country. what tourism??? they cut hands in the public and a lot of fundamentalism in the country, and a woman daring to walk in the country without the covering them with a black cloth all round.
we have culture that dates back to 7000-9000 B.C with newly discovered Al-Magar civilization
we still carry the same values that they did with taking care of horses , and wearing Janbya and much more
and earliest Farming in human history along the Fertile crescent
and i didn't talk about Thamud , Kingdom of Kindah , and Dilmun
and many others
and of course the Islamic history and how we conquered the lands from borders of China to the Atlantic ocean and built a great nation that lasted for 1000 years
and it's funny when you say that we are trying to create culture .. when most of you don't even have 50% of our heritage
someone your claim is much more funny.
@@patois there are no claims .. but only hard facts
learn some History about the M.E and Al-Magar civilization and how we still to this date after over 10,000 years preserved much of our ancestors culture
we already have one
Poorsian your history began 500 bc you guys are the last guys to be talking about history 🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕🖕🖕
So saudi Arabia wasn't a dessert as narrated by Quran? If images are made during the first century of Islam then why isn't allow today..? Something wrong somewhere
king king what do you know about the Quran?
Abdulhalim Mohamed I'm Muslim
It is amazing that everything you said was wrong... Everything!
Soma noma what's wrong with what I said
king king yes, something is wrong with your brain! it's making up stuff and not functioning well!
very sad that the saudi government is so backwards
are we?? i can bring you as my driver thats why you hate us
Nasser Almatr خلصنا من عرب الشمال وحقدهم وغيرتهم وجونا ذولي
Alhanof Abdullah هههههههههههههه ماعليك فيهم 😂