Saudi Aramco World : New Pieces of Mada'in Salih's Puzzle
The master stonecutters of the Nabataean kingdom carved the monumental sandstone tombs of Saudi Arabia's bestknown historic site some 2000 years ago, but for almost that long, no one has seen any trace of the city, known as Hegra, where the Nabataean people lived. Now, artifact by artifact, Saudi and French archeologists are piecing together a picture of Nabataean life.