Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia

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UNESCO World Heritage Site rock art site

Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia is a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its extensive prehistoric petroglyphs and inscriptions that document thousands of years of human presence and cultural expression in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hail Region Rock Art and Archaeological Sites serial nomination 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
rock art site ⓘ
associatedWith ancient caravan routes ⓘ
pastoral societies ⓘ
chronology Holocene ⓘ
prehistoric ⓘ
contains petroglyphs ⓘ
rock carvings ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
depicts animals ⓘ
domestication scenes ⓘ
human figures ⓘ
hunting scenes ⓘ
ritual scenes ⓘ
documents cultural expression in the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
thousands of years of human presence ⓘ
earliestArtDate c. 10,000 BCE ⓘ
hasComponentSite Jubbah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shuwaymis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConservationMeasures legal protection under Saudi heritage law ⓘ
site monitoring ⓘ
visitor management ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ
early Arabic inscriptions ⓘ
inscriptionType Thamudic inscriptions ⓘ
early Islamic inscriptions ⓘ
locatedIn Hail Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Saudi Heritage Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saudi Ministry of Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity Ha'il NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionStatus national heritage site of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
region Najd NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key evidence for environmental and cultural changes in northern Arabia ⓘ
outstanding testimony to the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers and pastoralists in Arabia ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1472 ⓘ
yearInscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageList 2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Ha'il Region → UNESCOWorldHeritage → Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Dumat Al-Jandal archaeological site → partOf → Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hail Region Rock Art and Archaeological Sites serial nomination