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