Egra/Meda'in Salih
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.F. Graf
Creators: D.F. Graf
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Ryan Horne, R. Talbert, Gabriel Bodard
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An ancient settlement located in the Hejaz of modern Saudi Arabia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/814675
26.7982135285, 37.9523454717
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20240 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Mada'in Saleh, ancient Hegra (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 21193 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- GeoHack location of Madâin Sâlih (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
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- Agra (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Egra (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- مدائن صالح (Mada'in Salih: Arabic, modern)
- civitas Hegrenorum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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settlement, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 83 C5 Egra/Meda'in Salih
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Meda'in Salih. The Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih), a site connected with the pre-Islamic Nabatean kingdom, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008.
D.F. Graf, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Ryan Horne, R. Talbert, and Gabriel Bodard, 'Egra/Meda'in Salih: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/814675> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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