{"id":1932,"date":"2020-09-07T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T09:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2020-09-07T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T09:13:50","slug":"theplace-rock-inscriptions-of-al-shuwaymis-a-unesco-world-heritage-site-in-saudi-arabias-hail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"ThePlace: Rock inscriptions of Al-Shuwaymis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Hail"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1933\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2257476-1391056341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1933\" srcset=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2257476-1391056341.jpg 670w, wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2257476-1391056341-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock inscriptions of Al-Shuwaymis &#8211; Photo\/Saudi Tourism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe inscriptions feature art characterized by images of humans, animals, and plant life including camels, horses, goats, and palm trees<br \/>\nThe rock art of Al- Shuwaymis, 250 kilometers southeast of Hail, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the largest open stone inscription museum in the Arabian Peninsula and one of the largest open natural history museums in the world, with an area of more than 50 square kilometers.<br \/>\nAl-Shuwaymis is located on the edge of Hurrat Annar, near Al-Makhit Valley, which separates Hurrat Laila from Hurrat Annar. It is also near Al-Sabaq, the area that witnessed the longest battle in Arab history, \u201cSa\u2019es and Al-Ghabra.\u201d<br \/>\nThe history of the petroglyphs dates back to the Neolithic period. The inscriptions feature art characterized by images of humans, animals, and plant life including camels, horses, goats, and palm trees. There are also sculptures of men riding camels, in reference to the trade caravan activity, and sculptures of life-sized humans and animals.<\/p>\n<p>from: arabnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inscriptions feature art characterized by images of humans, animals, and plant life including camels, horses, goats, and palm trees The rock art of Al- Shuwaymis, 250 kilometers southeast of Hail, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the largest open stone inscription museum in the Arabian Peninsula and one of the largest open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1934,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions\/1934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}