A still from 'The Architects of Ancient Arabia' shows Jebel Al Fil (or Elephant Rock), Al Ula. Courtesy Discovery Channel.
A still from 'The Architects of Ancient Arabia' shows Hegra, Al Ula, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy Discovery Channel.
Who were the architects of ancient Arabia?
A new documentary have revealed secrets of Saudi Arabia's historic AlUla heritage site.
Narrated by Academy Award-winning British actor Jeremy Irons, The Architects of Ancient Arabia "journey into Saudi Arabia’s deeper past, following teams of leading international and Saudi archaeologists and a local historian as they reveal new wonders in the previously unexplored land."
The documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the progress of a group of architects exploring the site in detail, "to begin piecing together a new chapter in the story of human civilization", tracing 3,000 years of history.
AlUla is a largely unknown oasis valley in the vast desert of the Northwest Arabian Peninsula, once a prosperous and important crossroad on the incense route and home to 3,000 years of powerful successive civilizations.
Al Ula Old Town reopened to visitors in March, for the first time in three years. Dating back to the 12th century, the heritage site is best known for its mud-brick buildings and for being an age-old settlement on the pilgrimage route from Damascus to Makkah.
The documentary, made in association with the Royal Commission for AlUla and produced by Powderhouse Productions, will be narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons.
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