Rock Art in the Ha'il Region

See also: List of World Heritage sites in Saudi Arabia

Rock Art in the Ha'il Region (Arabic: الفنون الصخرية في منطقة حائل) is the fourth site in Saudi Arabia to be inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites.^[1] The rock art includes two components situated in the desert of the Ha'il Region: the first is Om Sinman mountain at the city of Jubbah, and the second is al-Manjor and Raat at Al-Shuwaymis. An ancient population left traces of their passings in petroglyphs on the rock's surface, holding 8,000 years of history.^[2][3][4][5]

Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rock Art in the Hail Region
Location	Saudi Arabia
Includes	Jabal Umm Sinman Jabal al-Manjor and Jabal Raat
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (iii)
Reference	1472
Inscription	2015 (39th Session)
Area	2,043.8 ha (5,050 acres)
Buffer zone	3,609.5 ha (8,919 acres)
Coordinates	28°0′38″N 40°54′47″E
Location of Rock Art in the Ha'il Region in Saudi Arabia Show map of Saudi Arabia Rock Art in the Ha'il Region (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia

The committee in its 39th session choose the site together with two different sites.^[6] Since this site has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Saudi Commission for Tourism has sought to further protect the cultural site. These efforts include increasing the buffer zone, repainting and refurnishing the petroglyphs, developing a monitoring system, and more.^[2]

Inscription criteria

The rock art in the Hail Region was inscribed for some criteria.^[1] It involves numerous petroglyphs which were created using various methods with simple stone hammers. It also a significant witness of human struggles against the environmental catastrophes.^[1]

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References

1. Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia.
2. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
3. Guagnin, Maria; Perri, Angela R.; Petraglia, Michael D. (2018-03-01). "Pre-Neolithic evidence for dog-assisted hunting strategies in Arabia". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 49: 225–236. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2017.10.003. hdl:10072/412752. ISSN 0278-4165. S2CID 149042460.
4. November 2017, Megan Gannon 20 (20 November 2017). "8,000-Year-Old Rock Art Includes the World's Oldest Images of Dogs". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "The first-ever depiction of dogs shows them on leashes". Newsweek. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
6. Sites in Italy, Jordan and Saudi Arabia inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

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