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Burial chambers

The Interior of a tomb showing burial slots cut into the wall. Some of the inscriptions specify which members of the family might be buried in each side of the tomb.

Precision Carvings

It is part of one of the most distinguished tombs in terms of its location and precise technique used in carving. It is recorded that Al-Hijr witnessed a period of great architectural development during the reign of Nabataean king Aretas IV (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.) when it became one of the great city of that age

Al Khurimat Area

Despite its height and precise top start carving, a tomb deserted by its owner due to inferior quality of the rock. On a later stage the same tomb was reused by carving a smaller burial chamber.

Information as inscribed near the tomb

An Eagle and a pair of urns is the common carving found at the facades of tombs in Mada'in Salih

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