A Saudi region included in the World Heritage List

Weather of Arabia - UNESCO announced the inclusion of the cultural landscape site of the Al-Faw archaeological area in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on its World Heritage List.

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Achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030

The Saudi Minister of Culture, Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, commented on this achievement, saying: “By registering the Al-Faw archaeological area on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the cultural system has achieved one of the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 in increasing the number of Saudi sites registered on the World Heritage List. This is under the vision and direction of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.”

• Al-Faw archaeological site

The archaeological village of Al-Faw is considered the capital of the First Kingdom of Kinda, one of the ancient Arab kingdoms in Najd, and one of the most important archaeological sites in the Arabian Peninsula, as it is considered an integrated embodiment of pre-Islamic Arab cities.

The archaeological village of Al-Faw is located on the outskirts of the Empty Quarter in the Arabian Peninsula, about 700 km southwest of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. In ancient times it was known as “Dhat Kahl”, after the famous Sabaean statue Kahl. The kings of Arabian Kindah made it the capital of their kingdom from the fourth century BC until the fourth century AD.

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Commercial and linguistic importance

The village was located on the ancient trade road known as the Najran-Al-Jarfa Road, which connected the south of the Arabian Peninsula to its northeast, which made it an important trading stop for caravans. Al-Faw is famous among linguists for being the site of the first testimony to the ancient Arabic language, as the inscription in the Sabaean script dates back to the first century AD, and it is believed that the language of the inscription was a precursor to the classical Arabic language.

• Excavations and archaeological monuments

Archaeological excavations revealed that the city developed from a small caravan passage station into an important commercial, religious and urban center in the center of the Arabian Peninsula, Najd. The Al-Faw archaeological site reveals various landmarks such as residential houses, markets, roads, tombs, temples, and water wells.

• Notable landmarks

Among the most prominent landmarks of the city is the shrine of King Muawiyah, built in the form of a small step pyramid, and the shrines of major people, in addition to a large mountain with caves and large rock inscriptions in the east of the city.

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