Crossing the desert, the camel was the animal of choice ... the construction of the Hijaz Railway was begun to connect Makkah with Damascus and, ultimately, Istanbul. For an affordable price ...

The Hejaz region is best imagined as the western ... points (the line supplied the Turkish garrison in Medina). Of that desert expedition, Graves writes: “One can well imagine Lawrence’s ...

For Lawrence the Hejaz Railway and its ribbon of narrow-gauge track across the desert was low-hanging fruit in the great game between Britain and the Arabs, on one side, and Turkey and Germany on ...

following the desert topography of what’s known as the Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter). However the south of Hijaz, which historically included north Yemen, is incredibly different and diverse in ...

Set in the AlUla Valley amid the soaring sandstone and granite mountains of north-western Saudi Arabia's Hijaz region, this ancient desert oasis has supported human life for the past 200,000 years.

The settlement lies at the foot of the Hijaz Mountains ... The Nabataeans were desert-dwelling nomads turned expert merchants ...

Carved into the rugged Hejaz Mountains in Saudi Arabia, Desert Rock is the latest part of the country's ambitious Red Sea giga-project to be realized. It provides a luxurious getaway for well ...