Inscriptions at Jabal Ikmah

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Fiona Richards
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published on 13 April 2025
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Jabal Ikmah, often referred to as an ‘open-air library’, contains hundreds of inscriptions engraved and carved in relief on the rock faces and boulders of a gorge, not far from Dadan, the seat of the Dadanite and Lihhyanite kingdoms, Saudi Arabia. Most inscriptions are written in the Dadanitic script and language and date to the second half of the first millennium BCE.

Jabal Ikmah is featured on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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Fiona Richards
Fiona excavated, travelled and worked as a guide in the Middle East for over 20 years. Specialist and author of two books on Egyptian Scarab Seals, she founded Timeless Travels Magazine in 2014. She was awarded journalist of the Year 2018 & 2020.

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