“We took off from Riyadh very early in the morning towards Madâin Sâlih, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia.
At the time, this site was not known.
We flew over it with the feeling of discovering a secret, an intact place, preserved for two thousand years.
As the light intensified, the desert took on a golden hue, that of an immense treasure emerging from the earth.
Temples and tombs carved into the rock rose out of the sand like jewels.
We were flying above this splendor, filled with a feeling of the absolute unknown.
By putting your feet on the ground, what excitement!
That of discovery and a taste for adventure as the great archaeologists of the 19th century must have known and which is extremely rare today.
During the morning, we strolled through the oasis of al-Ula and the maze of ruined alleys of the old town.
An atmosphere of mysterious shadows conducive to the resurgence of legends of ancient Arabia.
All afternoon, with
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