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<< Text Pages >> Al Ula Lion Tomb - Rock Cut Tomb in Saudi Arabia

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 05 August 2006  Page Views: 6266

Multi-periodSite Name: Al Ula Lion Tomb
Country: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 283.857 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Medina  Nearest Village: Al Ula
Latitude: 26.635190N  Longitude: 37.926964E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
no data

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Rock Cut Tomb in Saudi Arabia

Rock cut tombs of the Minean Civilisation. Their former capital is just 2 KM north of the modern town of Al Ula.
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