Saudi Arabia

Places in this region

Image of Marble Village of Dhee Ayn located in Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia | View of the village, sitting on the marble outcrop (Bill Murray / Picasaweb)
Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia

Marble Village of Dhee Ayn

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop

Dhee Ayn or, as it is also known, Aqabat al-Baha, is visible for several kilometers as one approaches the village. Even from a distance the place can easily be located by the white glow it... »

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Image of Mada'in Saleh located in Al `Ula, Saudi Arabia | Rock-cut tomb in a freestanding boulder
Al `Ula, Saudi Arabia

Mada'in Saleh

Ancient Nabatean caravan city filled with desert tombs

The Nabateans were an ancient people of the Middle East who became wealthy through the caravan trade between Southern Arabia and the Jordan Valley. They are most famous for the magnificence of... »

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Image of Mount Horeb located in Jabal Maqla`, Saudi Arabia | Moses with tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt, 1659. (Wikimedia Commons)
Jabal Maqla`, Saudi Arabia

Mount Horeb

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments

Thought to mean Glowing/Heat, Mount Horeb is one of two names given to a mountain mentioned in the book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible as a site where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses... »

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Image of Meribah's Split Rock located in Jabal Hurab, Saudi Arabia
Jabal Hurab, Saudi Arabia

Meribah's Split Rock

An enormous split rock which believers hold to be the rock that Moses hit with his staff

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aaron, and command the rock before their eyes to yield its water. Thus you shall bring water... »

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