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Hegra
Hegra, also known as Mada'in Salih or al-Hijr, is an archaeological site near al-Ula in north-western Saudi Arabia. It was the second city of the Nabataean Kingdom after Petra, and its more than 100 monumental tombs, cut into sandstone outcrops in the 1st century BCE and 1st century CE, are its best-known remains. It became Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.
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