摘要: Comparison with other similar properties　　Wadi Rum - Jordan　　Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2011, Wadi Rum Protected has a special status among comparable areas; where petroglyphs, inscriptio

Comparison with other similar properties

　　Wadi Rum - Jordan

　　Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2011, Wadi Rum Protected has a special status among comparable areas; where petroglyphs, inscriptions and archaeological remains testify to 12,000 years of human occupation and interaction with the natural environment, illustrating the evolution of pastoral, agricultural and urban human activities in the Arabian Peninsula and the environmental history of the region, however, what really distinguishes Al- ḥarrah is that the inscriptions and rock art found in Al- ḥarrah testify to the nomadic life from a different time period, which is the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD. In addition, the natural landscape in Al- ḥarrah consists of broken-up lava flows which cover the desert floor with millions of basalt stones and boulders used in inscriptions and rock art, contrary to Wadi rum where inscriptions were made on sandstone, which required different techniques.

　　The Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia

　　The World Heritage site “The Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia” is where the rock art testifies to 10,000 years of human history within a valley with flowing water, which represents a different time period to Al- ḥarrah as well. The inscriptions in the Hail Region were made on sandstone.

　　Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape - Azerbaijan

　　The World Heritage Site covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.

　　Tassili n'Ajjer – Algeria

　　The World Heritage site is located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site more than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal migrations and the evolution of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 BC to the first centuries of the present era.

　　Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes - Namibia

　　The World Heritage site has one of the largest concentrations petroglyphs in Africa. Most of these well-preserved engravings represent rhinoceros. The site also includes six painted elephant, ostrich and giraffe, as well as drawings of human and animal foot printed rock shelters with motifs of human figures in red ochre. The objects excavated from two sections, date from the Late Stone Age. The site forms a coherent, extensive and high-quality record of ritual practices relating to hunter-gatherer communities in this part of southern Africa over at least 2,000 years, and eloquently illustrates the links between the ritual and economic practices of hunter-gatherers.

　　Of the 35 rock-art properties currently on the World Heritage List, there are no similar sites that contain Safaitic inscriptions and rock art like the inscriptions found in Al- ḥarrah, in addition, Al- ḥarrah is the only place in the world where rock art and inscriptions are curved on black basalt stone. Lastly, Al- ḥarrah is one of the best examples of documented areas densely covered with Safaitic inscriptions that reflects the traditional life and social structure of the nomads who lived there.