Saudi Arabia is unveiling a reconstruction of the face of an ancient Nabataean woman after several years of work by historians and archaeologists.
, which became a vibrant and commercial international trading hub for spices, medicine and fabric, facilitated by the Nabataeans.
A reconstructed face of an ancient woman known as "Hinat," a member of the Nabataean civilisation that dates back over 2,000 years, is displayed at the Hegra Welcome Centre.Starting Monday, history buffs will have the opportunity to meet Hinat on display at the Hegra welcome center in AlUla. Once a thriving hub for international trade and home to the Nabataeans, Hegra, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was opened in 2020 as a tourist site.didn't leave significant historical texts, and information about it comes from inscriptions on tombs and on rocks throughout the Middle East, or from archaeological discoveries.
"The Nabataeans are a bit of a mystery: We know a lot, but at the same time we know very little because they didn't leave any literary texts or records," Lebanese-French archeologist Laila Nehme, the director of the project, told
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