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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Al-Ma'abiyat

Al Ma'abiyat is a large archeological site in Wadi al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia.

The name المعبيات means the Maple and it has been tentatively identified as the ruins of Qurh, a wealthy city of late antiquity.

The ruins field covers 64 hectares in area and there is evidence at the site of irrigation, mining and ceramic production.

References

  1. ^ Al Qurh Archived 2019-07-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Timothy Power, The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate: AD 500-1000(Oxford University Press, 2012) p16.