Retracing Arab footsteps: Nabatean ruins of Saudi Arabia

Revealer: Meda'in Saleh is perhaps the most important Nabataean site. The Nabataeans were an Arab people whose kingdom flourished throughout the 1st century. They inhabited northern Arabia and the Southern Levant.
Series explainer: Retracing Arab Footsteps “Ala Khota al-Arab” is a historical documentary show produced by Al Arabiya television channel, created and presented by Eid Al-Yahya. It is broadcast every Saturday on Al Arabiya channel. The program narrates the biographies of the most prominent Arab figures in history, and the deeply-rooted civilization of Arab ancestors, including documented events, incidents and stories that happened during their era
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[@devolutioninc]

Jeez. I worked in Saudi Arabia from 96-2008. The closest thing I've been to a local archeological site has been a hundreds year old fort in Al Ahsa. Had Saudi been more open about it's archeological past in those days it would've been wonderful to visit these. I've seen some old abandoned village near Buraidah and a certain house in Najran. I also stumbled into a pile of rocks arranged in some fashion in the desert in Ar Ar or was it Anak. But it could've also been done yesterday. I was also quite surprised about tiny fossils on rocks. Saudi had so much to offer about its past. Somehow back then people were afraid to believe that anything came before Islam.

[@mikeburns6118]

Understanding is easy. Learning what people are actually trying to say is very hard. This is an awsome lecture.

[@joseau5421]

Very interesting and instructive course on Islam, l appreciate it!

[@francisgriffith462]

The work of the saudi officials making the cubical space looks really rough compared to the ones the nabateans made, what's insane is that the saudi officials made it using modern electric tools

[@stevenbrown7824]

thank-you i did not know before thank-you

[@maslam6404]

Incredible nebateean! !

[@TJ-Judge]

Such wonderful history

[@musalmanano9309]

It was narrated from Naafi’ that ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radhiAllaahu anhum) told him that the people stopped at al-Hijr, the land of Thamood, with the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam), and they drew water from its wells and made dough with it. The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam) told them to throw away the water they had drawn from its wells.

[@ibrahimhercules9466]

The ancient Arabians (Qedarite and Nabataeans and other groups) formed as an ethnic group in northern Arabia.

[@LLShiningOtter]

Oh yes must see this

[@mikeburns6118]

It is a good thing i read/speak Arabic. Egyptian and Syrian dialect.

[@user-kj8yl6sn2z]

حلقة مغائر شعيب ترجموها بالللغة الانلجيزية مهمه للسائح الغربي أيضا

[@devolutioninc]

Haha. Tourists. How would they come?

[@heilme5097]

@@devolutioninc Why thye don't want to come?

[@devolutioninc]

@@heilme5097 tourists want a fun vacation. Not a stressful one with all those cultural and religious restrictions.

[@heilme5097]

@@devolutioninc one of the reasons for tourism is to explore the country’s culture, as for religious restrictions, the country is changing now, but do not expect to come while you are hoping to have sex in the street!!

[@devolutioninc]

@@heilme5097 i worked in Saudi between 1996 to 2008. I do not hope for sex in the street but I have seen a shepherd fuck a sheep in Arar before. See I worked there for the better part of my young life but learned little of the history if not for you tube and only when I have left. Which says a lot about the cultural norms then. There have been a lot of changes in the society when I left and I believe it is due to technology and the emerging Saudi youth reaching adulthood who have a more differing point of view from their elders. But let me ask you....why is your metric "sex on the street"? I do not measure the leniency in places I go to by whether or not I can have sex on the street.

[@IsabellaRaffaella]

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[@ibrahimhercules9466]

during the Umayyad and Abbasid times, the myth of Qahtani and Adnani was created..

[@TheUnique69able]

I think it’s because the Arabs of the Muslim conquests were themselves not aware of the ancient past

[@joahua122]

No is not myth and stop and leave arabs alone

[@zhanglin3265]

Dushara with two serpents, an eagle, two lions with a lotus. The rosy rock remembers.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Can't read a video documentary.

[@jooil7609]

Then learn Arabic

[@wayneh1562]

hyksos are the Amorites also known as the Amalekites(Imliq)

[@RobertHarrisMIB]

Ollantaytambo

[@aamersuhail123]

In Fact The One Trying to Tell us Somthing , Himself Know Nothing .

[@gondong7304]

4:21 definitely the Satan or Jin help them build that monument. Perhaps the same satan/jin that helped Soleman build His magnificent palace as was told in the Quran.

[@brianmeyer4151]

No satan or Jin just hard working industrious people.

[@user-rl3iv2jk9q]

AH / AD / AR

[@savasethiopiavalueaddedser6127]

الحلقة ممتازة والتصوير رائع ، لكن المقدم (عيد) هو اسوأ ما فيها ، لا يوجد لديه اي ادله للمعلومات التي يقولها ، لا يجب ان يضع رأيه الشخصي في معلومات تاريخيه قيمه مثل هذه الا بدليل قاطع

[@jth6587]

مع احترامي ل رأيك لكن الدكتور عيد من اساطير التاريخ العربي لانه يستعين بالقصائد الجاهليه

[@AmarAlamdar]

اوافقك الرائي ،، معلومات متداخلة دون سرد علمي متقن

[@AmarAlamdar]

قد يكون حديثه ممتع لكن هناك معلومات مغلوطة .. الانباط هم من تجار منطقة اراضي انفصلت عن الإمبراطورية الرومانية . و اكيد دليل ان وجود اشكال اعمدة على اطراف المداخل . و الاعمدة في العادة ترفع الاسقف . وبذالك ان الطراز المستوحى منه هو الطراز الروماني . والقصة معروفة في محاولة انشقاق دولة الانباط عن الرومان .

[@vve2059]

Arabs stealing Nabatean history?

[@user-lx1ez6tf9r]

John f healy in his book where the Nabataean the Nabataean spoke arabic but like the persian they use Aramaic for formal purposes and especially for inscriptions

[@Shankarees]

برنامجك او بحثك غير مقبول لانك لم تعطي مراجع او براهين تاريخية او في علم الاركيولوجية على تداعياته. اي ما تقوله خرافات عجائز. مع العلم ان اقدم الكتابات في العربية تعود الى القرن الرابع بعد المسيح.

[@TheAfghan72]

How can Nomads carve such structures?

[@ibrahimhercules9466]

The first mention of the Arabs in the 9th century BC to the Assyrians in Northern Syria,

[@ibrahimhercules9466]

The Arameans are a fictional people of the Bible

[@TheAfghan72]

@@ibrahimhercules9466 What does have to do with my question? lol.

[@ibrahimhercules9466]

you Pashtuns have no history and you are a young ethnic group you do not have your own Alphabet you have a young language

[@TheAfghan72]

@@ibrahimhercules9466 Lol we have 5000 years of history and our Aryan ancestors built one of the first civilizations in the world (BMAC) and Pashto is the oldest Iranian language which descends from Avestan. So wtf are you on about? You Arabs are nothing more than nomads, the word "Arab" is Assyrian and means nomad, your not even a real ethnic group in this sense.

[@mauryginsberg7720]

Mohamed was from Petra so that would probably make him a Nabataean.

[@yemen9222]

no hes from the decent of qahatan

[@NoorJasmine]

No he’s from Yathrib, the old name of Mecca, he’s a descendant of Bani Quraysh who are Adnani not Qahtani.

[@johnames6430]

@@NoorJasmine When did Mecca get the name Mecca? At the time when the prophet lived there it was only known as Yathrib?

[@NoorJasmine]

John Ames Actually, I was mistaken. Yathrib is actually the Pre-Islamic name of the city Medina where Mohammed is buried. Before Islam Mecca was known as Bekkah and/or Faran. Mohammed left Mecca to Yathrib. He was a Adnani descendant from Ismael not Qahtani who originate from Yemen. Sorry for the confusion.

[@johnames6430]

@@NoorJasmine Can I ask why you made that comment if you were 100% wrong on so much? It's like me commenting on how to do brain surgery. At least edit or delete your original comment. We should be careful to be accurate when talking about the prophet.

[@cristianpopescu78]

Petra!

[@user-kj8yl6sn2z]

No, these are Madain Saleh belonging to the Thamud people before the Nabateans. Search for the story of Prophet Saleh by Mufti Mink

[@FLISSATimes-Kabyle]

Nabatéens are notre saalikes khrabistes

[@emperorofmusic6045]

Nabateen were arab jordania

[@alitofozzul1413]

Dégage Les nabatéen sont arabe comme les bédouins

[@thinfeelings]

@@emperorofmusic6045 no they are only arab not jordania

[@yemen9222]

Nabatean is yemeni not saudi

[@user-yb7bb8kd5c]

على كيفك انت . الانباط لا علاقة لهم باليمن هم من ذرية اسماعيل

[@wayneh1562]

They were not

[@Bobohonova.]

The Yemenis were arabized

[@user-tw5gu2yh8s]

اليمن Yemen Stop lying. Nabateans where nowhere near Yemen

[@ChromeMan04]

Lol not even close, Nabateans were Ishmaelite Arabs from the north.

[@RobertHarrisMIB]

The nabateans did not carve that. They may have done a little repair work and ornamental work but they were more like landlords. The nabateans found this structure and it was ancient when they found it. Stop confusing people. Wandering nomadic tribes building megalithic structures is one of the most idiotic series ever proposed. Other than the Incas building Machu Picchu or

[@infidelapostate3094]

the Nabbateans were not entirely nomadic. Petra was a huge agricultural, religious & civic center. But, I agree that conventional explanations don't account for the antiquity of sites at Petra. Heavy erosion shows much older areas predated the still largely intact sections.

[@MrAHfromKSA]

Arabs do have ancient civilizations Let that sink for a minute

[@wayneh1562]

@@infidelapostate3094 they are just the Chaldeans who are the Akkadians and Amorites dude this is very simple

[@wayneh1562]

the Arami tribe Thamud did that ,they lived from Al Hijr to greater part of Sham

[@wayneh1562]

@@MrAHfromKSA Ad and Thamud were arami tribes who came before time of Abraham PBH , they were considered as Arabs Prophet Hud PBH Arami Prophet Saleh PBH Arami Prophet Abaraham PBH alao Arami not straight from Arphaxad which is incorrect, many generations passed from Hud to Abraham PBT