Unmentioned landmarks
In the northern part of the Kingdom, specifically between the Aja and Salma mountains, the Haili greeting “Ya Ba’ad Hayyi” greets you with an unsurprising warmth from its people, who have carried – and still carry – the customs of Arab generosity and generosity since ancient times. But Hail has other dimensions beyond being a symbol of generosity; it is a city with a historical depth that is manifested in archaeological sites and inscriptions carved thousands of years ago. In addition, its diverse terrain of highlands, mountains, valleys, and plains forms a beautiful painting on the map of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Rock art
In Hail, you won’t find antiquities inside closed museums; unlike other cities, ancient petroglyphs are displayed outdoors. On its mountains is the largest and richest collection of rock art in the Kingdom and the surrounding region. One of these open-air museums is the Um Sunman mountain in Jubbah, northwest of Hail, named for its similarity in composition to the shape of a humped camel resting on the ground.
The rock art series does not stop here, but extends along the Ratt and Manjur mountains south of Hail, where the inscriptions of these two sites testify to the craftsmanship and precision of the people of that era, who conveyed images of human and animal life 14,000 years ago through longitudinal drawings, one of which reaches a height of 12 meters.
Castles and historical sites
At the height of Mount Aairif, in the heart of the city of Hail, lies the historic Aairif Castle, which was built in 1840as a military building with towers and observation slots that monitored the first movements of enemies and formed the first line of defense. Once an impregnable fortress, it is now an easily accessible tourist attraction in the center of the city, with an archaeological museum and views of the farms, markets, and historic neighborhoods around it.
