The AlUla valley has long nurtured the growth of innovative cultures like the Dadan, whose ancient history exhibits human achievement and drama as rich as anywhere on our planet. Paid content for ExperienceAlUla
Arabia’s deserts have always been peopled landscapes, rich with human and natural diversity. People have lived in and around them, people have journeyed across them, and people have found water sources within them to sustain life.
Ruled by a dynastic succession of kings from a power base within the AlUla valley, Dadan soon rose to prominence in the region. As Alsuhaibani confirms, the city’s centralized structure of governance was strong and stable enough to deploy resources on defense, with inscriptions testifying to the presence of “guardians” posted to Dadan’s frontiers.
Historian Michael Macdonald has analyzed subtle differences across Dadanitic inscriptions, noting how shapes of letters vary in a way that is unusual for a script designed purely for carving into stone. Intriguingly, he says, the development of letter forms “suggests that the script was used to write in ink on materials such as papyrus or potsherds.” Archaeologists continue to hunt for examples.
In what was now the kingdom of Lihyan, men and women both owned property in their own right. Agriculture remained critical to society, enhanced by innovative developments in the control of water resources. Water was clearly used for domestic and agricultural purposes, but also appears to have played a role in rituals. A huge cylindrical basin for water hewn from a single stone, located in the heart of Dadan next to a building, was likely used for religious or other ceremonial purposes.
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