希马文化区

奈季兰的希马岩画位于沙特西南部的干旱山区，处在阿拉伯半岛的一条古老商队路线上，包含了大量描绘狩猎、动植物以及生活方式的岩画，时间跨度长达7000年。在这里安营扎寨的旅人和军队在不同时期留下了大量的岩画与铭文，一直延续到20世纪末，大部分都保持着原始状态。铭文用不同的文字书写，包括古南阿拉伯文、阿拉姆-纳巴泰文、南阿拉伯文、萨姆得克文、希腊文和阿拉伯文。该遗产区及其缓冲区还蕴藏着丰富的未发掘考古资源，包括石冢、石构、墓葬、石器及古井等。此地亦是古代一条沙漠商队重要路线上已知的最古老收费站，这里的Bi’r Ḥimā古井已有逾3000年历史，至今仍是淡水水源。

Located in an arid, mountainous area of southwest Saudi Arabia, on one of the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient caravan routes, Ḥimā Cultural Area contains a substantial collection of rock art images depicting hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in a cultural continuity of 7,000 years. Travellers and armies camping on the site left a wealth of rock inscriptions and petroglyphs through the ages and until the late 20th century, most of which are preserved in pristine condition. Inscriptions are in different scripts, including Musnad, Aramaic-Nabatean, South-Arabian, Thamudic, Greek and Arabic. The property and its buffer zone are also rich in unexcavated archaeological resources in the form of cairns, stone structures, interments, stone tool scatters and ancient wells. This location is at the oldest known toll station on an important ancient desert caravan route, where the wells of Bi’r Ḥimā date back at least 3,000 years and still produce fresh water.

国别	沙特阿拉伯 Saudi Arabia
中文名称	希马文化区
英文名称	Ḥimā Cultural Area
遗产类别	文化遗产
登录年份	2021
选入标准	(iii)

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发行国家/地区：沙特阿拉伯 Saudi Arabia