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Multi-periodSite Name: Qasr Al Farid TombCountry: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 2.125 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Medina Nearest Village: Madain Salih
Latitude: 26.774119N Longitude: 37.961207E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Cut Tomb in Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Nabatean tomb cut from hill sicking out of the sand. From the same culture that built Petra. There are several more in the area.
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