Guide to Hegra

Archaeology in the Land of the Nabataeans of Arabia

Laïla Nehmé, Helen Knox

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Skira
25 March 2022

History; Archaeology by period & region

The ancient Hegra of the Nabataeans, modern Madâ in Sâlih, is inscribed since 2008 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

This natural and sumptuous Saudi archaeological site has tombs along the sandstone massifs scattered in a vast alluvial plain in the middle of the desert. The Nabateans settled there in the middle of the first century. They built a vast city surrounded by a rampart beyond which lie the necropolis where the Nabateans buried their dead and the area reserved to their religious brotherhoods. In the oasis, they cultivated cereals, all kinds of fruit trees, and even cotton. This guide, the first of its kind, offers a detailed tour of the site and its superb monuments, as well as summary chapters on the history of the Nabataeans, accompanied by focus maps, a bibliography, and a glossary.

Edited by: Laïla Nehmé
Translated by: Helen Knox
Imprint: Skira
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 165mm,
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9782370741547
ISBN 10: 2370741546
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 March 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laila Nehme is an archaeologist and epigraphist, a specialist in Near Eastern archaeology, and a member of the Orient & Mediterranee research team at the CNRS (Paris). Since 2002, she has been co-directing the archaeological mission at Mada in Salih, which conceals the remains of the Nabataean city of Hegra and its famous tombs. She recently co-curated the exhibition AlUla, Wonder of Arabia at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.