Showing posts with the label Saudi Arabia

Tomb of Eve, Jeddah

Oct 24, 2022

Did you know that Eve, that same Biblical Eve whom God supposedly created out of Adam’s rib, remains buried in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? Some ...

Slovak Radio Building: The Inverted Pyramid

Jan 11, 2020

Some call it ugly. Others defend it for its architectural features. Whichever faction you side with, you can’t deny that it is an exceptiona...

The White Volcanoes of Harrat Khaybar

Oct 25, 2019

Of the millions of pilgrims that visit the holy city of Medina, in Saudi Arabia, every year to pray in the Prophet’s Mosque, few people are ...

The Mega Hotels of Mecca

Nov 30, 2017

A mammoth new hotel is rising in Saudi Arabia’s holy city Mecca. When completed it will have 10,000 rooms spanning more than 1.4 million squ...

The Al-Rajajil Standing Stones

Apr 20, 2017

Al-Rajajil, sometimes referred to as the Standing Men, or Standing Stones, are a collection of some fifty groups of man-made stone columns n...

Saudi Arabia’s Abandoned Hejaz Railway

Sep 20, 2016

The Hejaz railway that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, was one of the principal railroads of the Otto...

The Mud Brick Villages of Wadi Hadramaut and Wadi Dawan

May 2, 2015

Yemen in a desert country located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the ...

Qasr al Farid: The Lonely Castle of Mada'in Saleh

Feb 21, 2015

Mada'in Saleh is an ancient city of pre-Islamic period located in northern Saudi Arabia, about 1,400 km to the north of capital Riyadh. ...

Mina, The City of Tents

Aug 5, 2014

Mina is a small city located inside a low lying valley in the province of Makkh, in western Saudi Arabia, about 8 km to the east of the Holy...

Al Wahbah Crater: A Pearly White Crater in Saudi Arabia

Aug 16, 2013

The Al Wahaba crater (also spelled Al Waba) is located in the Saudi Arabian desert, 254 km from Taif on the western edge of the Hafer Kishb ...

The Sand Dunes of Rub al Khali

Jun 18, 2013

RubÊ¿ al-Khali, (literally “Empty Quarter” in Arabic), also spelled Al-RabÊ¿ al-Khali, is a vast desert in the southern Arabian Peninsula, cov...

Pre-Islamic Civilization in Madain Saleh in Saudi Arabia

Oct 13, 2012

Madain Saleh is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia, approximately ...