Swipe ⬅️ to see Hegra’s 2,000-year-old tombs captured on 100-year-old cameras 👀
expiredfilmclub visited AlUla, Saudi Arabia, bringing along two vintage cameras from the early 1900s. With both expired and fresh film, he photographed the carved tombs and dramatic rock formations of Hegra, once the southern capital of the Nabataean kingdom more than 2,000 years ago.
The Nabataeans built these monumental tombs as burial sites for their elite, often laying the dead to rest with incense as a symbol of wealth and status. Positioned along the ancient incense trade route, the tombs honored the dead while marking their legacy in stone.
Recognized as Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra offers a rare window into a civilization that also built Petra in modern-day Jordan. Seen through century-old lenses, the images appear otherworldly, like stepping into a movie set or a vision from another planet.
👉 Would you visit this ancient site?
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