Saudi Arabia: Nabataean rock-hewn ruins of Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia, proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008. Mada'in Saleh, also called Al-Hijr or Hegra, is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A majority of the vestiges date from the Nabataean kingdom (1st century CE). The site constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital. Traces of Lihyanite and Roman occupation before and after the Nabataean rule, respectively, can also be found in situ.

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