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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8213578, member: 128351"]Well, in fact it's not a Lihyanite temple, these are Nabataean tombs in Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia, ancient Hegra. Hegra is only 20 km north of Dedan, the capital of the kingdom of Lihyan, and belonged to this kingdom in the 4th c. BC. Hegra was occupied by the Nabateans probably under Aretas IV (9 BC - 40 AD) and remained Nabataean until 106, when Trajan annexed the kingdom and created the Arabia province. During the century of Nabataean rule (roughly the 1st c. AD) local elites of Hegra commissioned rock-cut monumental tombs exactly like those in Petra. On these facades there are often inscriptions in Nabataean that indicate the tomb's owner, the construction date and the fine (in "<i>sela</i>" of Aretas, i.e. silver drachms) in case of unauthorized burial.</p><p>The Romans occupied the city from 106 to probably the late 3rd c. A vexillatio (detachment) of the 3rd Legion Cyrenaica was garrisoned there, commanded by a centurion. The Romans probably withdrew in the early 4th c. and the city was abandoned in the late 4th c. - early 5th c. AD. </p><p>In Muhammed's time Hegra (al-Hijr) was a ghost town since more than 200 years, and people thought the rock-cut tombs were ancient houses once inhabited by heathens who didn't listen to their prophet Salih, killed Allah's sacred camel, and drew Allah's vengeance on themselves: their rock-cut bunkers did not protect them, all fell dead inside and this is why they are now full of human bones. It's all told in the Quran.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8213578, member: 128351"]Well, in fact it's not a Lihyanite temple, these are Nabataean tombs in Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia, ancient Hegra. Hegra is only 20 km north of Dedan, the capital of the kingdom of Lihyan, and belonged to this kingdom in the 4th c. BC. Hegra was occupied by the Nabateans probably under Aretas IV (9 BC - 40 AD) and remained Nabataean until 106, when Trajan annexed the kingdom and created the Arabia province. During the century of Nabataean rule (roughly the 1st c. AD) local elites of Hegra commissioned rock-cut monumental tombs exactly like those in Petra. On these facades there are often inscriptions in Nabataean that indicate the tomb's owner, the construction date and the fine (in "[I]sela[/I]" of Aretas, i.e. silver drachms) in case of unauthorized burial. The Romans occupied the city from 106 to probably the late 3rd c. A vexillatio (detachment) of the 3rd Legion Cyrenaica was garrisoned there, commanded by a centurion. The Romans probably withdrew in the early 4th c. and the city was abandoned in the late 4th c. - early 5th c. AD. In Muhammed's time Hegra (al-Hijr) was a ghost town since more than 200 years, and people thought the rock-cut tombs were ancient houses once inhabited by heathens who didn't listen to their prophet Salih, killed Allah's sacred camel, and drew Allah's vengeance on themselves: their rock-cut bunkers did not protect them, all fell dead inside and this is why they are now full of human bones. It's all told in the Quran.[/QUOTE]
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