Distant view of tombs at Dadan. Photograph by Matthieu Paley 9 min read The ancient city of Dadan, in a remote corner of North West Arabia on the famed Incense Road of antiquity, is mentioned in ...

In the world of the desert, water is essential for settlement and civilization. The AlUla valley, where Dadan stood, had water in abundance—both ground water and surface flows of seasonal rains ...