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Digging up the Saudi past: some would rather not
Newsday ^ | August 26, 2009 | Donna Abu-Nasr (contribution by Lee Keath)

Posted on 08/27/2009 5:20:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

[this is an AP-sourced story which begins by comparing the well-known UN Heritage site Petra, which is in Jordan and a huge tourist attraction, with Madain Saleh, another lost city of the Nabateans, but basically unknown because it's in Saudi Arabia. It continues by discussing the hostility and vandalism directed at pre-Islamic artifacts and sites in the Kingdom, and a virtual ban on publications regarding them.]

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; rop; saudiarabia
On the Archaeology mag news page, editor Mark Rose writes: "Here's a good article about Saudi ambivalence toward pre-Islamic remains."
1 posted on 08/27/2009 5:20:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/27/2009 5:21:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Solving the Enigma of Petra and the Nabataeans
by Joey Corbett
Biblical Archaeology Review
http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/petra.asp


3 posted on 08/27/2009 5:37:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Madain Saleh image searches:
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4 posted on 08/27/2009 5:40:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv
Been to Petra. A stunning place. The Jordanians are friendly and English is a second language. Amman is a modern city. Another site to see is Jerash in the north. Depending upon political and security considerations, it may be possible to visit Israel on the same trip. Sadly, it depends on which direction you want to go.
5 posted on 08/27/2009 6:10:58 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: theBuckwheat

Thanks!


6 posted on 08/28/2009 4:08:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s a fascinating site. I’d never heard of it.


7 posted on 08/28/2009 2:10:47 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Martha's Vineyard is great! Hey, honey, let's take a drive . . . .)
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To: SunkenCiv
Here's a good article about Saudi ambivalence toward pre-Islamic remains."

It is not only pre-Islamic remains. Saudi religious conservatives are even destroying the archaeological remains of the early days of Islam, even sites associated with Muhammad himself. - link

8 posted on 08/28/2009 2:33:14 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded

Thanks wideminded. For that matter, they’ve turned the Grand Mosque into a tourist travesty. A lot of the concrete work was done by the bin Ladens.


9 posted on 08/28/2009 3:44:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: colorado tanker

Me either.


10 posted on 08/28/2009 3:44:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

This site has a lot of nice pictures of the city. Pay no attention to the cracked intro which tries to make it sound like some kind of Muslim holy site. http://www.pbase.com/adnan_masood/madain_saleh


11 posted on 08/28/2009 4:25:10 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Martha's Vineyard is great! Hey, honey, let's take a drive . . . .)
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To: colorado tanker

Thanks colorado tanker!


12 posted on 08/28/2009 5:00:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: wideminded

Wow, reminds me of that line in Orwell’s ‘1984’, “whoever controls the present, controls the past.”


13 posted on 08/28/2009 5:03:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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