Saudi Heritage in Number

This property includes two components situated in a desert landscape: Jabel Umm Sinman at Jubbah and the Jabal al-Manjor and Raat at Shuwaymis. A lake once situated at the foot of the Umm Sinman hill range that has now disappeared used to be a source of fresh water for people and animals in the southern part of the Great Narfoud Desert. The ancestors of today’s Arab populations have left traces of their passages in numerous petroglyphs and inscriptions on the rock face. Jabal al-Manjor and Raat form the rocky escarpment of a wadi now covered in sand. They show numerous representations of human and animal figures covering 10,000 years of history.

The Register of Architectural Heritage is an official list of archaeological sites that were recorded according to criteria of specific national, architectural and cultural importance, under the Law of Antiquities, Museums and Urban Heritage using Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) to manage, store, and preserve data of these sites and buildings in a precise manner with the aim of identifying suitable preventive and protective measures to ensure their preservation and maintenance for future generations, as they form an integral part of the urban heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Architectural Heritage Asset Registration Value Chain: Core Activities: Discovery of an architectural heritage asset; nomination of the architectural heritage asset...