{"id":23038,"date":"2023-02-14T13:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T06:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/en\/?p=23038"},"modified":"2023-11-04T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T02:04:37","slug":"hegra-saudi-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/en\/hegra-saudi-unesco\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia&#8217;s First UNESCO Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23038\" class=\"elementor elementor-23038\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2eb7f91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2eb7f91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b0eedc\" data-id=\"5b0eedc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0560b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b0560b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>We have all dreamed of <b>discovering the ruins of an ancient city lost on the other side of the world like Indiana Jones!<\/b><\/h4><h4><b><br \/><\/b>By discovering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/destinations\/saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia, EXO Travel\u00a0<\/a>offers you the possibility to feel like an explorer and dive into the skin of an archaeologist!<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a81f3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"63a81f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3dfd81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3dfd81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Hegra site also know as &#8216;<b>Al-Hijr \/ Madain Saleh&#8217; <\/b>is classified as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 2008. The necropolis of Hegra is located\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/tours\/saudi-arabia\/jeddah-and-al-ula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">near the city of Al-Ula<\/a>.<\/p><p>Follow the route of the Nabateans, a nomadic people who roamed the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and became renowned traders in Indian spices, aloe vera and incense over the years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb4848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cb4848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_19871-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23040\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_19871-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_19871-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_19871-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_19871-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_19871-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f9a7fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f9a7fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Great journeys have this marvelous thing that their enchantment begins before the departure itself. One opens the atlases, one dreams on the maps. We repeat the magnificent names of unknown cities.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Joseph Kessel\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9fce1a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e9fce1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1158a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a1158a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/daytrips\/saudi-arabia\/introduction-to-al-ula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The site of Hegra has been closed for over 2000 years.<\/a>&nbsp;Like an archaeologist, you will be able to visit the 111 tombs with inscriptions engraved in the rock telling part of the history and beliefs of a forgotten people. Although this population appeared around the first century BC, their culture and history are still very much unknown. With little or no written record, it is a place where much remains to be discovered and which fascinates modern archaeologists and historians.<\/p>\n<p>Several ancient languages such as Lihyanite, Thamudic, Nabataean, Greek and Latin are found in epigraphic form, which testifies to the encounter of many civilisations over the centuries; Assyrian, Egyptian, Phoenician, Hellenistic&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc03a41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc03a41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73_19921-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73_19921-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73_19921-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73_19921-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73_19921-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73_19921-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0a0b49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0a0b49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the middle of the desert, how can you imagine that they became true water and agricultural engineers. They used underground cisterns to collect rainwater and were able to protect their buildings by creating irrigation pipes around the monuments to prevent them from eroding while watering their crops.<\/p><p>As well as seeing this amazing site, you can spend the night in the nearby town of Al-Ula in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/hotels\/saudi-arabia\/banyan-tree-al-ula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a luxury tent in the middle of the desert to enjoy the magic of the starry sky at night.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41796b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c41796b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/saudi-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23083\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/saudi-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/saudi-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/saudi-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/saudi-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/saudi.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca9efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ca9efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To discover more about Saudi, we have prepared\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/blog\/en\/discover-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a complete guide here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-878ebb6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"878ebb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exotravel.com\/tours\/saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DISCOVER ALL OUR TOURS IN SAUDI ARABIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Hegra, a magnificent archeological site in the middle of the desert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1402,1277],"tags":[1279],"class_list":["post-23038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-culture","category-saudi-arabia-en","tag-saudi-arabia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EXO Travel Blog - Saudi Arabia&#039;s First UNESCO Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Hegra, Saudi Arabia&#039;s first UNESCO Heritage Site. 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