According to our tour guide, this modest tomb is unique in all of Mada’in Saleh due to the decoration above the door, which he said is only seen in Iraq. It's interesting to contemplate how it came to be displayed here, in Saudi Arabia.

I have posted a number of pictures from this city today, mainly because I had a day off from work, but also because I’ve probably shown enough rock-cut tombs, although this is only a fraction of them!

Mada’in Saleh is one of Saudi Arabia’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The city was settled by the Nabataeans, whose capital was Petra in Jordan, in the first century B.C., and most of the 131 rock-cut tombs date to the first century A.D.

For those who asked, this is a picture of the interior of a tomb in the Qasr al-Bint section: