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The Saudi lands are home to many ancient civilizations from the pre-Islamic period, as the site of Al-Shuwaitiyyah in the Al-Jawf region includes a settlement dating back to the Paleolithic Age. The site of Well Hama in the Najran region includes multiple rock inscriptions dating from 7,000 BC to 1,000 BC, indicating that the inhabitants of this region used domesticated dogs and hunted animals of the region, including camels, goats and cows, using spears and bows. In the area between the Tathleeth Governorate and Wadi Al-Dawasir Governorate, a civilization known as the “Al-Maqar Civilization” arose, which dates back to 9,000 BC. Its discovery proved that the Arab man was the first to domesticate horses, and that this civilization arose on the banks of an ancient river.
In the north of Al-Ula Governorate, Mada’in Saleh (Al-Hijr) became famous, which was inhabited by the Thamudis in the third millennium BC, then inhabited by the Lihyanites in the ninth century BC, and then by the Nabataeans in the second century BC. Among its most famous monuments are the “Diwan of Jabal Athleb”, “Al-Sane’ Palace”, and “The Unique Palace” and “The Girl’s Palace”. In the Tabuk region, Al-Bida governorate became famous for Mada’in Shuaib, which was inhabited by a people of Medina in the second millennium BC. In Taima, a hieroglyphic inscription known as the “Taima hieroglyphic inscription” was found, inscribed with the name of Ramses III, one of the pharaohs of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (1183-1152 BC). An Aramaic obelisk known as the “Taima Stone” was also found in it, dating back to the period of King Nebu Nid of Babylon (555-539 BC), and the inscriptions on it show that a priest named “Sun Ibn Batt or Zir” introduced the worship of an idol called “the idol of attack” to the city.
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محامي الإفلاس