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Rock Inscriptions Bearing Caliph Umar’s Name Found in Saudi Arabia’s Medina Region
Rock inscriptions bearing the name of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab have been documented in Saudi Arabia’s Medina region, in a discovery that adds a rare early Islamic reference to the kingdom’s archaeological record. The inscriptions were found during a large-scale survey in Al Mahd Governorate, where Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission recorded 1,774 archaeological finds across…