Inscriptions from Al-Ula

Explore the long, written record of AlUla, from the first millennium until today.

The Collection

  • Close-up of an inscribed sandstone surface

    Inscription in Detail

    The small details that help researchers understand the inscriptions and their historical context.

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  • Rock outcrop in the AlUla landscape

    Mapping Inscriptions

    Where are the inscriptions and how do they relate to the landscape around them?

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  • Dadanitic inscriptions carved into a sandstone face

    Scripts and Languages

    Language gives shape to thought. Writing gives it permanence. In this section, explore the scripts, alphabets, and symbols through which civilisations have spoken across time.

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  • A visitor walking a path towards the AlUla oasis at sunrise

    Recording and Deciphering

    The work we do to bring you these stories in stone.

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  • A researcher documenting an inscription in the field

    Browse Our Collection

    All the inscriptions that are featured in this exhibition with their translation and additional information

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AICAPGhent UniversityFaculty of Arts and PhilosophyRoyal Commission for AlUla

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