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    Digging up forgotten kingdoms, Saudis unearth ancient identity

    Jun 01, 2020 4 minutes
    Saudi university graduates tour the rock inscription at Jabal Ikma, one of several sites dated to the ancient Arab kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan that are spread out across Al Ula, northwest Saudi Arabia, March 7, 2020.

    Tarek never knew his daily commute was in the footsteps of ancient Arab kings.

    The 30-year-old Al Ula resident runs his hands over the exposed brick and rock inscriptions he has known since a child as “the ruins,” listening as a tour guide lists the achievements of the tribes that built a kingdom on these sands 3,000 years ago.

    Squinting at the rock-carved tombs in front of him, he sees something greater than a civilization: a connection.

    “They prayed, they grew dates, they performed pilgrimages and welcomed visitors to the oasis like we do today,” Tarek says as he stops to pose for a selfie in front of a rock engraving.

    “They lived just like us.”

    Today Saudi authorities and archaeologists are unearthing and

    “Missing piece” of ancient mapNewfound pride in history

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