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Default Saudi arabia (madain saleh) - 09-08-2011, 03:25 PM
Very ancient city that God Destroyed:













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You lived in Saudi, right Karachi? Are some of these images from your own collection?


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Default 09-08-2011, 06:05 PM
these types of creations in stone, must have taken a long time to sculpt. they look very beautiful.
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You lived in Saudi, right Karachi? Are some of these images from your own collection?
yep lived there for 14 years. unfortunatly these pics are not mine though, but i am going there again next year, hopefully will take pics.

Saudi arabia has lots of historical sites
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Default 09-23-2012, 05:08 PM
These were built by the Nabataeans. They weren't punished or destroyed by God, their culture slowly diminished from warlike nomadism, to agriculture and commerce. Then when the Arabs invaded, they just became Arabs.
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Default 09-23-2012, 06:16 PM
^ arabs didn't really invade. these people were the ancestors of modern hejazi arabs
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