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<< Text Pages >> Al Hayit - Ancient Village or Settlement in Saudi Arabia

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Multi-periodSite Name: Al Hayit
Country: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 303.311 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 25.979285N  Longitude: 40.472727E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
4 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
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Saudi Arabia

Remains of prehistoric lanscape with city, villages, burial mounds, fields, roads, forts, agricultural structures, shrines, ...
One of best preserved prehistoric landscapes.
This is one of several prehistoric centers around Harrat Khaybar. Regarding size and density of burial mounds it must have been a mojor center in the area.
What is now mostly arrid lava field, used to be green and busrting with life some 3000 years ago.
This site should be under UNESCO protection.
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