Successive civilisations
Tayma lies in Tabuk Region, about 265 km south-east of Tabuk city. Its oldest remains are Neolithic, and it flourished in the Bronze and Iron Ages to become one of the main towns of northern Arabia. [1]
Inscriptions from the eighth to sixth centuries BCE record that a Babylonian king made it his capital, and a stele with an Aramaic inscription taken from Tayma in 1884 is displayed in the Louvre as the 'Tayma Stone'. [1]
Landmarks
Landmarks include the outer wall built in the sixth century BCE, one of the longest historic walls in Arabia, Qasr Al-Hamra, Qasr Al-Radm, the Haddaj well, the palace of Al-Samaw'al ('Al-Ablaq Al-Fard') and the Abbasid-era Qasr Al-Bujaydi. [1]