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Al-Ma'abiyat

Coordinates: 26°37′N 37°55′E / 26.617°N 37.917°E / 26.617; 37.917
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Al-Ma'abiyat
المعبيات
the ruins of Qurh
the ruins of Qurh
Etymology: the Maple
Al-Ma'abiyat is located in Saudi Arabia
Al-Ma'abiyat
Al-Ma'abiyat
Coordinates: 26°37′N 37°55′E / 26.617°N 37.917°E / 26.617; 37.917
Country Saudi Arabia
RegionAl Madinah

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,[1] 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.[2]

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.
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