The mysterious 'other Petra' of Saudi Arabia - BBC REEL

The magnificent ancient city of Petra, located in modern day Jordan, is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. But many people don't realise that Petra has a mysterious 'twin' in Saudi Arabia.
Hegra was once the second largest settlement in the ancient Nabataean kingdom - the largest being Petra itself. Its beautiful ancient architecture shows a unique mixture of Greco-Roman, North African and Middle-Eastern influence.
Video by Ana González and Frederick Bernas
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[@3alaiyer]

Oh my, this is exactly what the Qur’an says: Verse 82 in Surat al-Hijr: They carved their homes, feeling secure. But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning. They WERE erased, that’s why they’re kind of like forgotten. They were sent a Prophet named Salih from their creator to guide them, but they disobeyed that’s why when they disappeared the people around them knew well and spread this. But today people consider it ‘legend’ because it doesn’t fit their dictionaries. But this really happened.

[@SyemurN]

No one will ever know for sure. But religions will say whatever to make themselves sound powerful and make people obey.

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

@@SyemurN So just politics?

[@SyemurN]

@Wajid Raza who are these "his people"? Muslims?

[@mohammedmuneeb6888]

@@SyemurN No, by his own tribe and the rest of the people of Mecca. Refer to "Meccan boycott of the Hashemites" and also the "Migaration of Muslims to Abyssinia".

[@sm3675]

Yea. There mightve been an earthquake or sandstorm

[@TahaWasiq]

Fun fact: These rock cut tombs are mentioned in the Quran, infact there is a whole chapter, surah al Hijr, named after the city of Hegra, and how it fell. See Quran chapter 15 verse 80 onwards. Thanks.

[@Abdullaabdulla-oi4zx]

More fun facts: The Quran is a collection of a mix of lies and true stories, that many had already been mentioned in other books and oral narration long before the Quran was written. Thanks

[@onlife1887]

@@Abdullaabdulla-oi4zx give me a proof for the lie in the Quran ??

[@Rotisiv]

@@onlife1887 he won’t be able to, he’s too ignorant

[@jehangirhasan4382]

@@Abdullaabdulla-oi4zx fun fact..coming from a person masquerading as a muslim abdulla claiming islam to b a lie.Thanks

[@the_jackamip]

@@Abdullaabdulla-oi4zx You are a charlatan

[@alphaprince8489]

In the valley of Al-Hijr lived the tribe of Thamud. This valley is in modern-day northern Saudi Arabia. It is about 2 to 3 hours north of Madinah. These people were known for their excellent craftsmanship and architectural marvels. They were amongst the ancient Arab tribes. Also, they were a continuation of the civilization that inhabited the lands of Petra in Jordan as well.

[@anitat9727]

The story is great but not gonna lie, the music volume could be lower.

[@elguapo42]

Audio is just as important as the video

[@NoCommentAtThisTime]

Really?

[@mclovinjwst]

I agree, it's unnecessarily loud

[@thingswhatilike]

@@elguapo42 not really

[@CarlaAmore]

The music overpowers the speaker. Quite annoying.

[@shanel7707]

I visited back in 2010, stayed until sunset, it was a lovely site.

[@ilhamh4359]

Meskeen !

[@SaSha-hb5rq]

lucky you

[@dec335]

Was it hard to get to?

[@h.o.y.o]

@@ilhamh4359 🤣

[@shanel7707]

@@dec335 It was harder in 2010 because Saudi Arabia didn't have tourist visa, should be easier now. Also need to apply for ticket/permit ahead of the time.

[@bonk6164]

Hegra is mentioned in the Qur'an in surah Al Hijr it is a very interesting surah that shows about the ancient people of Hegra and how Allah punished them because of their behaviours

[@ammaar5920]

This place is so underrated. 5 years ago, only my family visited for the whole day

[@ubayyd]

Been there twice about 5-6 years ago, and it felt just like that. Disconnected from the world, a look back in time.

[@ammaar5920]

@Mark Corrigan Nope, I've been there

[@adam6543]

@@ammaar5920 you should repent. The prophet said never to go there

[@thatone1280]

@Mark Corrigan it has become very easy to visit

[@ameerahassan7116]

@@adam6543 which prophet and why? Please elaborate.thanks

[@saibliss7976]

It's nice to see a historical narrator from the country itself. Love the accent and how he explains. Very nice documentary. Beautiful music but bit louder than ear can take. 👌💖

[@ValeriePallaoro]

I, for one, would have loved him to do the whole narration. Very distinctive. Music was pleasant for me.

[@nspacemonkey]

I wonder what the landscape was like 2000years ago. I bet it was more fertile, like a Savannah with more wildlife. Otherwise why go to all the effort building structures in a wasteland?

[@ilhamh4359]

Indeed, Arabia used to be green and prosperous, as mentioned in the hadith and proven by science, and it will be so again very soon as prophesied by Muhammed (asws) .

[@tayibahussain]

never thought about that. Very true must have been so fertile and lush

[@redacted9071]

@@ilhamh4359 References & sources? I’d love to read up on that! What’s the Hadith?

[@ilhamh4359]

@@redacted9071 www.islamreligion.com/articles/11345/arabian-peninsula-climate/

[@aa-zz6328]

First of all there were a lot of settlements in the desert that became modern cities in Saudi Arabia, that existed on trading routes, oasises and use cisterns and other irrigation systems like they said in the video, it did not need to be green. And second of all savannahs occur around the tropics, here it would have been a temperate more Mediterranean climate if it was green.

[@Abu_Hafs]

This is called Madain As Salih. This is the place where the tribe of Thamud was destroyed when they disobeyed Allah. Our beloved Prophet ﷺ, prohibited us from visiting this place and even forbid drinking water from it's wells.

[@simontel6760]

This could easily become a site science fiction movie...... a land from another world.....

[@richNfit4life]

Agreed! Something along the lines of Frank Herbert’s Dune Series, perhaps.

[@StallionFernando]

Nah. People use Petra for that since it's a much cooler site than this.

[@sarahalotaibi1230]

@@StallionFernando petra is overrated and filled with tourists. this however is indeed an ancient site.

[@bashsusulan2109]

This was used in the movie transformers i forgot what part is it bro

[@johnnymcblaze]

One will never hear a historian say the word "probably" so much as when they try and pretend they know when these ancient cities were built.

[@AndreaAlison]

It's not yet excavated, so they can only estimate, bro.

[@aidomuah]

This “Petra” or Madain Saleh is not as popular as the other one because we Muslims were warned to visit these places only to remember how Allah have punished them for their ignorance. So yes you can visit but you should cry and not visit it like how you are visiting a holiday destination.

[@MegaYuzer]

What about the Saudi's don't they know this?

[@MegaYuzer]

@@talalalqahtani6756 can you share the location?

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

@@talalalqahtani6756 Those are the homes of Thamud as Allah says in the Qur'an: Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers. We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them. They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure. But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning, and all they achieved was of no help to them... ( Surat Al Hijr)

[@Adrian-vy5vn]

@@talalalqahtani6756 The world should know the location of this "cursed" place. What's the point of hiding it? Why the mistery?

[@ilhamh4359]

@@MegaYuzer Yes, they do. There was a fat- wah based on the Pro phet's sayings for- bidding any visit, but they needed 💲💲💲 so they lifted it !!! 😂

[@LearningwithLani]

Never had heard of Hegra until now, but the architecture is stunning 😍 Learned a lot from this video, especially from the local historian. Hope to visit one day!

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to get a tourist visa for Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most closed off countries in the world. Probably why nobody knows about this place.

[@mohdfadhil8458]

@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath because the place is forbidden to enter, especially for the Muslim.

[@ilhamh4359]

@@mohdfadhil8458 The place has been made halal by lifting the fat wa that forbade any visiting : 💲💲💲

[@ubayyd]

@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath its much easier to get one now.

[@ubayyd]

There are more videos about Hegra on here.

[@MuMu124]

This is in Quran Its name is Hegra? There is a chapter in Quran named AL-HIJR that mentions that its ppl used to carve out of the hills houses..sorry for the bad translation arabic is such a broad language to translate correctly..but yeah we muslims knew about this city it's not forgotten to us it's in our scripture

[@messianic_scam]

shut up liar

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

@@messianic_scam In which criteria you have to tell him a liar? You have nothing man

[@Ahmedfazayel72]

@@messianic_scam Be ashamed

[@muttlee9195]

How wonderful probably destroyed their culture there too

[@normalnormal1330]

Well said 👍

[@abcmdeffghil]

who "(took) for (themselves) palaces from its plains and (carved) from the mountains, homes".[Quran 7:73-79][Quran 11:61-69][Quran 15:80-84

[@BatCaveOz]

At 1:08 that rock formation look a lot like a skull. 💀

[@optimystic5839]

The Nabateans were from the northern Arabian peninsula who spoke an Ancient form of Arabic, but also spoke a form of Aramaic (Nabatean Aramaic) which was used mostly for trade and writing in the north. Aramaic became the lingua franca of the Levant and Mesopotamia, with many forms and dialects. Famously, Aramaic is often associated Jesus Christ, being his native language. However, his dialect was from Galilee where he grew up, which is a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic. Aramaic is still spoken today in the Levant such as Syria, and parts of Mesopotamia and Iran. They are categorised as Western and Eastern Aramaic, one being vastly different from the other.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

Nabatean are not arab but semitic people, in negev israel, israelis dont want to called negev site as arab

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@Sho Kion so who native of negev jews or arab? any jewish archeology in negev?

[@a1reaaa]

@@safuwanfauzi5014 they were semetic arab people

[@nawaf761]

Nabateans are arabs

[@Ali-m2002]

@@safuwanfauzi5014they're arab lol

[@kimjongwin]

Pretty awful on the music volume BBC, sort it out

[@ayman-yz9ex]

But is the music really that bad?

[@lindyashford7744]

@@ayman-yz9ex not really. I had no difficulty at all listening to the narrator and enjoyed the music. And an interesting bit of history.

[@_blank-_]

@@ayman-yz9ex No, the music is fine but it's too loud when the man was speaking.

[@ayman-yz9ex]

@@_blank-_ just read the subtitles then.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

I really can't see your complaint. And the rudeness you believe it allows you. Nice music, easily understood narrators and words on the screen if you need help with the story. You are too sensitive, boyoh.

[@auraofautumnequinox]

Why you not put camera inside the cave?

[@27dejan27]

If they are anything like Petra, it's normally just an empty square shaped room, nothing special. The façade is the main attraction here and not the inside.

[@alhusseinaljaber513]

if u wanna see it come see it by your self

[@auraofautumnequinox]

@@alhusseinaljaber513 I would like to visit it.

[@geetbhagwat9902]

TRUMP AND MODI HAVE SECRET MEETING GOING INSIDE THAT S WHY

[@lazybuccaneer7683]

@@alhusseinaljaber513 "come see it for yourself"

[@liamgross7217]

I remember long ago when the BBC set standards in production, now they can’t mix an audio track.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

sensitive soul that you are .. stfu.

[@liamgross7217]

@@ValeriePallaoro sorry dear, didn’t mean to trigger you.🤪

[@AFA111]

Keep the background music low.

[@kingswafwan4140]

Well-done KINGDOM OF SAUDIS...👌 from INDIA 🇮🇳

[@jules9628]

Wished to have seen the insides of the places, and he mentioned inscription at the bottom but didnt say what it said. Nice starter documentary-a longer version with more history would be great!

[@missema8062]

Saudi Arabia is a rich place with historical sites that attract tourists and locals, but there is no much coverage on such places. However, lately, Saudis understand the importance of showing the world its parts.

[@쉴레이만은솔로몬유수]

Not only saudi, whole gulf countries have rich ancient history but they don't seem to develop that much.

[@ilhamh4359]

Well, watch out for the coming of the total destruction of the satanic kingdom.

[@NadDew]

@@ilhamh4359 a lot of people wishes this from the beginning of time, and always the same result God destroyed them and saved Arabia, from ebraha al-habashi time to the present day. So keep wishing 😌

[@ilhamh4359]

@Just Me You are one very ign orant Muslim, if you are a Muslim at all ! Don't you know about the prophecies of the end of ti mes our Prophet (asws) made regarding Arabia ? I suggest you check the ahadith on this subject. I'm not making things up, the sahih ahadith are there and events will happen just as described in the prophecies, so keep on wishing they won't come true. ''ويل للعرب من شر قد اقترب !"

[@NadDew]

@@ilhamh4359 me or you?? You was talking about satanic kingdom?? The only satanic kingdom I know is qom in Iran.

[@arcb1201]

WHY oh why, time and again, is loud music added to these videos on historic cultures and architecture? Obnoxiously loud and drowns out important narrative. Upgrade your production values BBC!

[@nyakwarObat]

For some reason many doing this seem to believe it enhances the quality, boggles the mind

[@philiphicks1273]

It might just be you are losing the frequencies where speech recognition is....

[@arcb1201]

@@philiphicks1273 Possibly. I do have the highest speed Fios Internet connection available but understand about frequency fluctuations. It seems this problem is uniquely consistent with BBC production quality. I was really excited with BritBox which offered wonderful selections of BBC series. The sound on all was so awful I couldn’t stand it anymore and cancelled.

[@NoCommentAtThisTime]

@@arcb1201 Yeah for some reason, I can faintly hear the music and I can hear their voices clearly. Maybe it has something to do with my earbuds? I was so confused to see everyone in the comments about the audio since I am not having a problem. 🤔

[@ValeriePallaoro]

I have an old imac; and have no trouble with the sound at all. Moreover I have a mini speaker and this works just as well. I really can't see what people are complaining about.

[@wym5311]

Went there Jan 2020...love every minute of it

[@Waffle_CODM]

Why

[@briannoecker7149]

Did these so-called tombs contain any bodies? Just curious as to what evidence there is that these were tombs. Archeologists still don’t know what the “Treasury” in Petra actually was.

[@furtalance_x]

According to Islamic scripture these were not tombs but actual dwellings. People did not build these magnificent structures only to bury their dead in. Truthfully these people were gifted with strength to build and lift heavy stones and carve beyond any other nation ever had before them (Nation of Aad was also capable of such structures but all traces of them were wiped out). But these people eventually fell into absolute disobedience of God. Kind of like mad with power sort of thing and thats when God sent his prophet to Guide them but when they shunned him away, eventually they were destroyed by God, but their monuments were left to show to ones who came after what happened to these people so we would repent and know that even the most powerful of us are answerable to God. True story in Quran about these people. Hope this helps.

[@neyou6940]

@@furtalance_x That never happened

[@furtalance_x]

@@neyou6940 To each his own. You can deny and thats ur right and ur choice. Im just providing the point of view of my religion.

[@muminhanifa3392]

@@neyou6940 You are saying something never happened without any proof for what your claim, are you that arrogant or ignorant?

[@samuelpaulini]

could have lovered the music volume a bit while you have a person speaking

[@بوفارسبونورا-ص7ه]

Some should not think that it just a necropolise . It was a thriving city . It was the southern capital of the Nabateans . A smart water system was in it . But the tombs were inside the houses as in Petra . When they disobeyed Allah, Allah punished them and left their homes as a lesson for us.

[@danielpaulson8838]

Punished? Maybe they just went to where electricity and water are.

[@Dreamz99]

Lol

[@AFA111]

They probably moved to some fertile lands, why would someone live in a deserted land.

[@بوفارسبونورا-ص7ه]

@@AFA111 Because this desert land was on the caravan route. In addition to the presence of some water sources, as the report said, and also the presence of some pastures.

[@ottopotatum5775]

😂😂😂

[@user-dg5vx8li8f]

It must be mentioned that the Nabataeans are Arabs, so that many stupid people do not get confused. They say that these ancient civilizations and antiquities in the Middle East are not Arab, and why is it because of the names that scholars and explorers gave them Sabaen Nabataeans Dilmun and so on?

[@moonlight-mr4qc]

ظهر العرب قبل ١٥٠سنة من ظهور الإسلام لان المنطقة عبارة عن اقوام مختلفة اللغة وحدتها العربية رسول الله يقول انا خيرة ابن ادم وعليا سيد العرب

[@Before7years]

@@moonlight-mr4qc ماشاءالله العرب فجأة ظهروا من العدم ؟🤣

[@Ali_Muner]

@@moonlight-mr4qc العرب موجدين بلكتابات الاشورية قبل 3000 الاف

[@haris6621]

The true backstory of hegra people is truly horrifiying .

[@mohi7796]

The music make video trouble😐i coudnt hear what they say

[@alina-lopez6670]

Subtitle

[@muhammadkhalid85]

Only the subtitles are making troubles otherwise music is good and this video is very much beautiful with music rather than without music.

[@Leo.Wirabuana]

even a fifth grader kid today know how to set the music volume on video producrion, if someone insists using the music.

[@alfsen_3426]

The other forgotten Petra is simply a metaphor for many MANY beautiful sites or places around the world that can be just as incredible or as beautiful as some of equal but (much) more famous places. This has to do with media coverage, and to my knowledge even just based on the wealth and status of a country. I mean. If France for example didn't have it' golden era 100-400 years ago, and wouldn't still be gliding on this dissipating wave after it's era, and with still loads of media coverage or even just dedicated France magazines, not even closely as many people would know or care about France. In Europe there are a couple of countries with much greater total beauty than France and yet France is the most famous one. For example, my personal most loved country Greece, is gorgeous throughout it's lands as it's extremely diverse. France is 90% the same in flatness and light hills with only some mountains on the borders in the south and south east. And these places are of great beauty no doubt. But Greece is 80% mountainous and is gorgeous everywhere, and even though Greece is growing immensely fast in the amount of tourism, which has the world record for having over 3x more tourists than it's own population, still according to my own knowledge and experiences, most places in Greece of exceptional beauty are unknown or lesser known to the vast majority of the world. And since I have observed this extensively, Im very aware of the world and how the media is having a major impact on what people think.

[@skarbuskreska]

@@alfsen_3426 Just a question, are you maybe Greek? Because without a doubt Greece is wonderful, but so are many other places in Europe, and it's just on the individual taste of the person if a mountanious region like Greece is "better" in their eyes or maybe flatlands, or a country that has many interesting old medieval towns. France is not boring, it has a rich history, but so do many other places. But when you started your argument, I would have never had Greece in mind, it has lots of tourists. I was rather thinking of places like the Balkan region, or Baltic states, that are barely mentioned.

[@MIKEDIAMONDZ]

I think you are affraid of the truth ... what you believe is convenient with what you feel and live, just a cultural thing not science ...

[@rql8543]

If the music wasnt so loud I wouldnt need the subtitles... these guys speak perfectly understandable english BBC.... its your editing that is letting us down here

[@ValeriePallaoro]

Its your sound system. I have an old imac and it sounds fine; moreover, I have a mini external speaker and it sounds just fine through that too. I can't see/hear what you're complaining about

[@rql8543]

@@ValeriePallaoro well the answer is in your comment, your using "old" & "mini" technology, both of which will amplify the higher frequency bands, they cant handle lower bass tones. Trust me, the music is too loud, read the other comments, I'm not the only one who identified it.

[@rql8543]

@@ValeriePallaoro plus, if the music is perfect, why the subtitles. Their English perfect

[@try2justbe]

These cities, hegra, and petra are connected to other ancient arabic city kingdoms such as Hatra and Palmyra. They were arabs but influenced by and later ruled by the big powers of that time, either the Roman or Persian empires. And their remains still look marvellous despite their destruction.

[@rursus8354]

Too high volume of the music, it interfers with the talk of the persons in the video!

[@ValeriePallaoro]

You are too sensitive; and can't read. Every word said by a person is written on the screen. For normal people this allows them to ignore the music. Though I, for one, do not understand your complaint.

[@khalidalghamdi834]

This place called ( Al-ULA )

[@Poppy-n3n]

thats correct bro khalid thats AL ULA i've been there

[@Provision600]

The people of Ad & The people of Thamuud. Allah destroyed them all. But Allah is the most merciful.

[@someone-wi4xl]

This has nothing to do with ‘Ad and Thamud Nabatean Arabs still exist today under many moder tribes names

[@effasyahirah3373]

@@someone-wi4xl is nabatean the same tribe with tsamud and ad?

[@someone-wi4xl]

@@effasyahirah3373 no but they are Ancient Arabs living in North western Saudi Arabia / Jordan / Southern Palestine peoples had their kingdoms prior to Romans invasion .. today they are many modern tribes like Al-Huwaitat and rest of Judham tribes such as this man for example he's 'Awdah Abu Tayh عودة أبو تايه Sheikh of Al-Huwaitat 100 years ago at the time of the Arab revolt encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ4MnqDUSSrFEx32KDSXb1QcRmM1-dSk_hAgg&usqp=CAU while 'Ad are much older .. older than Patra' and Al-Heger (in the video) and their location is still unknown .. some suggest that their city is in the Empty quarter desert prior to it becoming a Desert some suggest that it was in the levant but in reality nobody knows as for Thamud it appears to be a tribe that lived in North Western Arabia perhaps in the late 2nd Millennium BCE or early 1st Millennium BCE but then again the word "Thamudi" was also mentioned in Hadramawt 2000-2300 years ago والله أعلم

[@okinoboo4743]

We should not visit the sites of punishment

[@Provision600]

@@someone-wi4xl Prophet Hud alaihi salaam was a Arabian prophet who was sent to the people of Ad.

[@sds522]

The music volume is very distracting.

[@GM.572]

Totally 😂😂😂

[@josephhapp9]

Love the music. Fits perfectly.

[@LEGENDSIN4KREMASTERED]

Please make the subtitles more bigger they not big enough 🙃

[@Nozthedon1]

ALLAH SW has preserved this for a reminder of those who worship idols

[@Az-pe8jj]

Lol no wtf, why are you so dumb. What does this have to do with Abrahamic religions, read about this more. Just stfu

[@syeara5862]

True

[@Normal_user_coniven]

Not just Hegra, there is a third one between them, it is located neer the sea.

[@someone-wi4xl]

مدائن شعيب Madain Shu’aib (Jethro)

[@Normal_user_coniven]

@@someone-wi4xl Yes, it is. We call it "Madyan", too.

[@sharonspears-cromer9230]

I couldn't understand half of what the guy said because the music is too loud.

[@onetouch698]

Turn it down

[@duedecimal6622]

imagine. guy A: "hand me your hammer" guy B: "i thought you're the one who supposed to bring the hammer"

[@fazzryna]

Been here yesterday.. No words can describe

[@ilhamh4359]

I hope you were crying while you 'visited', as advised by the Prophet (asws).

[@annedrieck7316]

Why are people talking in my music video😤

[@NoCommentAtThisTime]

Yeah I don't know why everyone's making a fuss about how loud the music is, I liked it.

[@kissmygrassgarden5973]

Wanted to watch more about it

[@labwaallibiyya5778]

Their full story in the Quran.Surat Al Araf 159: 73 and Surat An Naml 27:45. Just make your own search, good luck.its good to know something new every day.

[@SA41959]

@@labwaallibiyya5778 Thanks for the references, I was wondering if there was mention of them in the Quran. 👍

[@alexgormley7844]

Get over the music... look !! I will visit these places when my last children move on from me... then I will go to places that interest ME ... thank you for informing me ...

[@didyouknowb4]

not just thought it is a cursed place where wrath of the creator fell upon these people in the past

[@dickyahmad9281]

Or they're just abandoned that think cause of WAR :v

[@عمريسالؤزيرستاني]

@@dickyahmad9281 no

[@ottopotatum5775]

Have you ever heard relativism?

[@beavid1]

What is amazing is this building is carved out of solid rock. This type of construction isn't done with simple hammer and chisel. It would've been done by some kind of machine. They knew something that we haven't been told about. Something probably passed down through thousands of years of ancient knowledge. People around the time of 1bc weren't stupid, but very smart.

[@benefactor4309]

Like their architecture combines the features of the cultures to which they were famileir. The religion of Islam also talks about the religions and traditions around it

[@williambrady1043]

Once again, ruined by the volume of the music. Do people not listen to their own videos???

[@GM.572]

I know, right? 😂😂😂

[@tatan4939]

İ feel like Saudi has so much beautiful places to offer 🙂

[@ilhamh4359]

Only cursed ones.

[@malek2335]

Saudi Arabia has huge potential to be one of the best destinations in the near future.

[@malek2335]

@Sudip Karan But your people wouldn’t stop begging Saudi government for money and work visas, hope that one day your people have some dignity and stop begging or be mercenaries for other government.

[@Palestine4Ever169]

@@malek2335 She’s a pajeet not a Pakistani you can see by her ignorance

[@Palestine4Ever169]

@@ilhamh4359 Only curse one ? Are you that ordogan worshiper ?

[@ozrijonfitzrol6626]

I bet it's those dudes from the jungle survival channel that built this

[@marcosross790]

Indeed they did, in the evening after busy days cutting down trees to keep warm.

[@Umayyadazi]

Therapists: Don't be scared, Arabian Roman Egyptian Greek architecture doesn't exist! Arabian Roman Egyptian Greek architecture:

[@theconnecteduniverse1video629]

That architect has nothing to do with arabian .. but since u have the oil n money you can buy anything included history civilization n roots. Nabatean were not arab in the first place .

[@thematrix6830]

@@theconnecteduniverse1video629 you're a pissed off European.

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@theconnecteduniverse1video629 lol what ?the Nabateans are Arabs, the Romans and Greeks themselves didnt call nabateans as nabateans, but Arabs, Arabia, literally the first sentence in Wikipedia proves you wrong

[@user-dg5vx8li8f]

@@theconnecteduniverse1video629 The Nabataeans are Arabs, do not spread your stupidity, every country has resources and the smart one runs it

[@user-dg5vx8li8f]

@@theconnecteduniverse1video629 Arab architecture is spread over the three continents everywhere you find architecture and monuments of Arab civilization from mosques everywhere, Alhambra palaces in Spain, castles and temples in BC throughout the Arabian Peninsula and cities built in the Arab Caliphate era, and after oil was discovered future cities, skyscrapers and architectural masterpieces everywhere

[@funnyposts1811]

Absolutely ridiculous music, most annoying ! Loud, obnoxious.

[@mohammadbino2333]

Its not "other petra " . This area was a part of "petra" that time , but, you who was late to discover the area .

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

@Reem 1998 Nabateeans didn't build petra and this places, Thamud did before them.

[@kootdirker2448]

@@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ proof please without Quranic reference

[@zedmelor8842]

@@messianic_scam Proof?

[@messianic_scam]

@@zedmelor8842 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3itlKmceNilbLc

[@Before7years]

@@messianic_scam هل تقومون بسرقة تاريخنا اللعنة عليكم ، ثم من هم الصابئة ؟

[@bertharius9518]

The music is irritating and unnecessary.

[@terebentin]

No no it is too harsh when you say irritating. The music fits with the content here. I think to say unnecessary is irrelevant since every doc. piece have some background track. Maybe your western ears cannot tolerate the microtonal vocabulary of easter music a simple oud taksim etc. Maybe your coment is too personal. Also to be fair mixing of the story-telling, speech and the background music could have been better.

[@vishvish4092]

Team BBC Reel, instead of Adding Subtitles, consider Decreasing the Background MUSIC 🎶

[@richardbailey2718]

Yes , turn the music down !

[@Runix1]

But how else would you know it's in the middle east? 🤔

[@Faisal-hi7ln]

@@Runix1 lmao

[@sakr-el-bahr272]

Talk about living in a "hole in a wall."

[@Ibnmsrk]

It’s a grave

[@sakr-el-bahr272]

@@Ibnmsrk Like all "holes in the wall" they were so popular, people were dying to get in.

[@domestique3954]

@@Ibnmsrk No,these were not graves at all-caravans used to take a route through the desert and they needed places to stop and feed their animals! There was never any burial 🪦 found at these sites-Petra also once was a flourishing city- but for the living!

[@encoded29]

@@domestique3954 pretty sure they called it tombs in this video

[@carlesc5497]

Talking about new york city?

[@abc_cba]

Btw, Nabateans were an Arab Christian (and Pagan, a few ) group that settled in what today is Jordan. Their script gave rise to the Arabic alphabet, with some composition of the Lakhmid(another Arah Christian tribe) near Al-Hirah.

[@asilaslapt1510]

They were not Christians they were pagans learn before commenting

[@abc_cba]

@@asilaslapt1510 It's funny how Muslims don't want to put anything that has Jewish or Christian that contributed to the Arabic culture. Some of the oldest Arabic alphabets were found with graves of Christian Arab Nabateans. Please, get a life you guys

[@asilaslapt1510]

@@abc_cba don't you read what l said this nabateans were not Christians that's what I said they were pagans l don't said anything about arabic or its skript u said nabeats were Christians in ur first comment u can put comments about that but nabeats were pagans and they were Arabs . just like in Europe long ago there were some pagan religions in Arabia what l said is about nabeatens not about arabic script or anything u first read ur first comment also nabeats are mentioned quran hadiths mentioned about their contribution , love during Hijra and many other things.l talked about nabeatens not about arabic l was replying for ur first comment

[@asilaslapt1510]

@@abc_cba there were other Christian Arabs but in my knowledge nabeatens were pagans they are mentioned in many hadiths

[@abc_cba]

@@asilaslapt1510 They were both Pagan and Christians.

[@kertresz]

Ezen az ősi karavánúton végigmenni nagyon érdekes lehet. Tényleg melyik volt az ősi karavánút, mivel vagy kettőt is láttam, de érdekelne a valóság, az is hogyan változott a karaván út a hajózás fejlődésével. Illetve a nabateusok vízgazdákodása igen érdekes, arról is szeretnék többet tudni, ugyan érdekel.

[@MrMarianoamigo]

These are megaliths. The Nabateans didn't build anything, they just found it and used it. Period.

[@vwvwvvvw4519]

True, just talk about those cuts

[@brindade2004]

Be it Petra or Hegra both are really beautiful.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Had to dislike. Not because of the content, which is very informative, but because of the music being to loud. BBC, let the speakers be the focus of the show, the music should be the background.

[@anohsh]

why was this place closed to the public for so long

[@felinethropist2269]

"Hegra" translated to Arab "Hijr". And you got a whole story of Hegra/Hijr in the Quran in chapter "Al-Hijr" or "The Hegra"

[@fernandobarrocas5707]

Please lower the music, it would be nice to listen to them talk and even for the sounds of their surroundings

[@onetouch698]

I hope they're not mixing Hegra up with mada'in Salih

[@ilhamh4359]

They are one and the same.

[@onetouch698]

@@ilhamh4359 based on that the Nabataeans and the Thamud are one and the same

[@onetouch698]

Unless they moved in after Thamud were destroyed

[@ilhamh4359]

@@onetouch698 Hegra, Al-Hijr in Arabic, is not a people but a region, and there are thousands of years between the Thamud and the Nabataeans. Both these people lived in that same region.

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

@@ilhamh4359 Surah 15 of the Qur'an is called al-Hijr (The Rocky City), might it be referring to this place?

[@tristanlee6538]

I didn't have problem listening to this but it annoying that sitar music playing. This place look amazing. The reason is not known because KSA didn't open it country to tourist except for muslim Haj and Umbra or businessman. Now KSA finally allowing tourist to come.

[@ilhamh4359]

Yes, and they welcome you to one of the most cursed places in the world ! 😂🤣

[@tristanlee6538]

@@ilhamh4359 dont like the king hear that. He might imprisoned you in his palace lol

[@ilhamh4359]

@@tristanlee6538 First of all, neither am I saudi nor do I live there, so it's impossible for him to imprison me ! Secondly, Allah's (swt) prison is eternal and full of tor ments and that's where you cor rupt king will end up ! 😁

[@tristanlee6538]

@@ilhamh4359 im not saudi also. So. We are safe lol

[@mubarakalotaibi456]

You are more than welcome to come and visit my country 💙🇸🇦

[@nilslindqvist8825]

Is tourism allowed in Saudi? How is it open to tourists?

[@someone-wi4xl]

Yes There is even much older city with same style Called مدائن شعيب Mada’in Shu’aib (Jethro) peace be upon him North west of Saudi Arabia

[@Foersom_]

Since 2020 I get often adverts for tourism in Saudi Arabia in KZbin. So yes it must be possible, the question is do you want to put your tourism money in this country? The adverts have Arabic men in tradional clothes, but not women in burkas. Women in the videos are more "European" dressed.

[@someone-wi4xl]

@@Foersom_ i don't know what kind of adverts you get over there .. but as a local myself i know for certain that we all wear traditional clothing

[@Amer-uz9ts]

@@Foersom_ why you So obsessed with women

[@a.mohammed6456]

The background music is loud.

[@chrissythornhill]

Words almost drowned out by the ‘ musical ‘ intrusion. 👎🏼

[@atukcool299]

80. And verily, the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the Messengers. 81. And We gave them Our Signs, but they were averse to them. 82. And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure. 83. But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days). 84. And all that which they used to earn availed them not.

[@MegaYuzer]

Is this where people of Samud use to live?

[@ilhamh4359]

Yes, also called Madaa'in Saalah.

[@jasonbourne4632]

The people of Shemot They exclaimed the crowd the universe is the servant of God what you are from chalk Bow down lower your ego and understand his wisdom among you from this is greatness

[@jasonbourne4632]

@Reem 1998 it’s in the region and language of Semites so your No is incorrect

[@MegaYuzer]

@Reem 1998 Nabateans are more towards Jordan

[@burcotogdheer7898]

@@jasonbourne4632 the original semetes were black ever a lot of Hadith said that the quraish the prophet tribe had dark skin people so ur mixed breed Arab

[@davecomfort283]

BBC needs to fire the idiot that did the sound mixing on this video. The "background music" was louder than the speech, luckily they had also subbed the video.

[@armanasaintclair8962]

Most beautiful historic place ! I will visit some day, I love this video and the music !

[@باسلجوابرة]

Its a punishment place. Better to not do. You have petra instead..

[@Faisal-hi7ln]

@@باسلجوابرة if you’re talking about prophet saleh story then historians have proven that “madain saleh” in fact has nothing to do with prophet saleh and is an extension on petra as mentioned in this video... so it’s not a “punishment place” and everyone is good to go

[@باسلجوابرة]

@@Faisal-hi7ln then, where is the one that the prophet had passed by with the companions. If there is no other place mentioned then its the one. No doubt because surely it still persist.

[@Faisal-hi7ln]

@@باسلجوابرة god knows where but madain saleh has nothing to do with prophet saleh

[@ilhamh4359]

@@Faisal-hi7ln It's the same place called Hegra, الحجر، and that's the place near which the Prophet's army passed on their way to Tabuk or El-Yarmuk, I'm not sure which one.

[@aliay2743]

There is always awe of how we get to see the past. Tough people and with their bare hands carved rocks in Mars-like territory. but have not all of them disappeared. Their generations still exist in Jordan. Historians lie. A large majority of Nabateans also known as Thamud city in Hager were destroyed due to their insults towards God.

[@ilhamh4359]

That's the exact same place of the Thamuud (in the video) that Allah (swt) destroyed and later occupied by the Nabataeans.

[@AKhair-fc6pm]

Actually, this place was not a desert according to the Quran. Chapter 26 verses 146-154 146. Will you be left secure in what is here? 147. In gardens and springs? 148. And plantations, and palm-trees with tender fruits? 149. And you skillfully carve dwellings in the mountains? 150. So reverence God, and obey me. 151. And do not obey the command of the extravagant. 152. Those who work corruption on earth, and do not reform.” 153. They said, “You are surely bewitched. 154. You are nothing but a human like us. So bring a sign, if you are truthful.

[@nyakwarObat]

@@AKhair-fc6pm there was no desert on the earth once upon a time. Human corruption created them

[@AKhair-fc6pm]

@@nyakwarObat oh interesting, I never thought about it this way. Another quranic example of a land that was fertile (but has turned into desert) is the place in Yemen where the Sabaens used to live. Because of their disobedience He destroyed their dam (34:15-20).

[@nyakwarObat]

@@AKhair-fc6pm same story everywhere you see a desert bro.

[@Ashraf0303]

Is this place called MADAEN SALEH مدائن صالح 🧐

[@fahad3685]

Yes you are right .

[@faezmohtar947]

If this right, so their story was already revealed in the holy Quran

[@fahad3685]

@@faezmohtar947 I have visited this place before. It was a wonderful place. It wasn't at that time this great interest that we see today in Vision 2030 Saudi Arabia, it's really worth a visit.

[@fahad3685]

@@faezmohtar947 @@faezmohtar947

[@fahad3685]

In the Qur’an it was mentioned that you should cry for fear that what happened to them will happen to you, and this is exactly what we did. I used to see the place with sadness and this is what inspired me strength, especially after I read the story of a righteous people again

[@ItsMe-bz8jk]

This is mentioned in Quran ..

[@muttlee9195]

Who cares

[@beardguy861]

@@muttlee9195 reference

[@Adrian-vy5vn]

What does the quran say about it?

[@ItsMe-bz8jk]

@@muttlee9195 you will care on the day of judgement, when you can’t do anything thing except repenting on not believing Allah Almighty.

[@bilxl_yt]

@@ItsMe-bz8jk ikr. They will regret it

[@saltygenes]

How can there be Roman Eagles on it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's carved into it before the Roman's even came.

[@OmarOharris]

Also the traditions and recorded history about the Quraysh and Muhammad claim a falcon had been used as clan symbol. Therefore, several variants of the Quraishi hawk were and are seen in the flags, coat of arms, seals and emblems of several Arab states until today.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@OmarOharrisYou're talking about the Phoenix

[@nityovlogs]

It could've been carved after the Romans arrival. How are you so sure??

[@mohammadgm8463]

🐪🎲🏔🏨 It was an ancient Las Vegas & Petra in Jordan was a franchise of it here I say it the Nabatean & Arabs in general are mostly well traveled people & great merchants so they build these cities to host the caravans & provide entertainment for them in a safe place which is Arabia compared to other places in Asia & Africa.. Arabia was the safest & Arabs usually bilingual till this day. But this ancient Las Vegas was actually built on ruins of older Arab settlements some say they were the Tribe of Thamud they’re extinct since then after some catastrophic biblical tragedy.

[@ilhamh4359]

The Thamuud people of the prophet Saalah (asws) were destroyed by Allah (swt) for rejecting Islam and that is why that location is cursed.

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

Not only some say ! All people in Arabia knows it's for Thamud the people of Salih

[@messianic_scam]

they were not tamud

[@UMAIRRAJA90]

@@messianic_scam and you know because you are what?

[@messianic_scam]

@@UMAIRRAJA90 I'm a historian

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

Those are the homes of Thamud the People of the Prophet Salih ( PBUH), as Allah says in the Qur'an: Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers. We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them. They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure. But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning, and all they achieved was of no help to them... ( Surat Al Hijr)

[@superlegomaster55]

Dude, these date to 100 AC The Thamud people lived before Prophet Musa

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

@@superlegomaster55 This homes are 4000 years BC, the one you talking about are Al Anbat ( Nabatien) who were 100 years AC. Nabatien they only residents in same place of Thamud

[@superlegomaster55]

@@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ yes, but the carved buildings showed in the video, are monumental tombs for the Nabatean elites. And date to around 100 BC to 100 AD Thamud should have lived after Ad which lived after Nuh as.

[@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ]

@@superlegomaster55 Nabatien didn't curve those homes, they just used it, it belong to Thamud before them

[@superlegomaster55]

@@قآھړآلْطۈآغڀٿ the dating does go back to Nabatean kingdom from around 4th century BC to 106 AD I think. Do you have any sources that it does not? Also according to Early Islamic historian Ibn Sa'd Nabateans are Thamud, but that does not make sense. Since Thamud are ancient people

[@Ujithekuji]

Why dont they show pics of what is inside these structures

[@shariyarshajid]

First time a Arab speaking calming English.

[@brixcosmo]

Great! Best Regards from Portugal!

[@SeraphimKnight]

0:34 film location for the 5th element...?

[@NadDew]

what?? What do you mean?

[@SeraphimKnight]

it looks like the temple seen in the first scene of the movie 5th element

[@NadDew]

@@SeraphimKnight no they never filmed a movie here.

[@nyakwarObat]

@@NadDew how you know that?

[@NadDew]

@@nyakwarObat because it's my country 😅

[@Sherirose1]

If you must include music, please do it as background.

[@hasanm9740]

What wonderful place ♥︎

[@christinescopas1441]

This is when people were civil and would discuss international politics and religion together without offending anyone and guess what ??? They all got along and no fights. Wow

[@pierresursock6000]

not true lol

[@rrsharizam]

In your dream

[@thepoorsultan5112]

It is (مداين الصالح) median of prophet saleh It is even mentioned in the Quran

[@kr8s]

There was world before Mohammed and Islam 🤣🤣

[@thepoorsultan5112]

@@kr8s why are you laughing like an idiot Prophet Saleh lived long before the prophet PBUH, You don’t know anything and you come here and laugh like an idiot

[@kr8s]

@@thepoorsultan5112 oh someone got angry 🤣🤣 Do you want me to send you some cartoons?

[@kr8s]

@@thepoorsultan5112 *French cartoons

[@thepoorsultan5112]

@@kr8s you want to send me cartoons of your parents?

[@tombarry9897]

Why enforce subtitles when they ruin the photography and are not needed?

[@nsfx]

For the deaf possibly

[@tombarry9897]

Maybe but other channels have a setting to turn them on or off.

[@mishmishitashan]

Nabataeans took the site from Lihyan (Dedan) and it was the capital of their kingdom The area's history didn't start with Nabataeans and end with Romans like he says... it started being recorded with Dedan and continues into modern-day Alula

[@yazeedme]

Yes 👍 But these sites were built by the Nabateans

[@sorrybro4890]

@@yazeedme nob no evidence People for many years thought the sphinx was built by Egyptions it It’s real age 12 000 Before Egypt even exist

[@yazeedme]

@@sorrybro4890 What do you mean "no evidence" ? These are tombs for the Nabateans, it's scripted all over it. Plus they look Nabatean style of architecture.

[@عبدالله-ن6ه2ص]

@@yazeedme no

[@joahua122]

@@yazeedme no is by lihyan only petra is nabatean both are arabs but diffrerent

[@frankhartman323]

I always wanted to go there!

[@dianewillams7566]

Yes bad mix! Music drowns everything else out... I have a headache now🤣

[@rajtahir8098]

Snakes surrounding a chakra sounds a concept from Hinduism. Some of the architecture seems to be connected to India. People with little knowledge of Hinduism said they worshipped idols and destroyed everything branding Hinduism as Pagan.

[@najban2922]

Interesting but the music is disturbing.

[@afrojalam4308]

Just googled how many Grammy won by BBC music 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣