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  • Dumat Al-Jandal

  • Dumat Al-Jandal

    Dumat al-Jundal, ancient Dumatha, is an ancient city of ruins located in North Western Saudi Arabia in the Al Jawf Province. The city has a history dating back to the 10th century BC and is mentioned in Akkadian inscriptions of the Assyrian empire dating to 845 BC in which it is referred to as Adummatu and is described as the capital of an Arab kingdom.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The Ancient Walled Oases of Northern Arabia.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Dumat Al-Jandal
    by Mjakhro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Dumat Al-Jandal
    by Mjakhro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Dumat Al-Jandal
    by User Nora Ali, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikipedia
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    Dumat Al-Jandal

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2022

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Saudi Arabia

    Al Jawf

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    First Millennium BC

    Old Arabs

    Mixed

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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