AlUla: An oasis of adventure

A landscape covered in history

From the air, the desert is giving up its secrets. Archaeologists are using drones, helicopters, and satellites to uncover AlUla’s past, including these ancient keyhole tombs on the outskirts of the Khaybar Oasis. Named for their distinctive keyhole shape, these tombs were built around 4,500 years ago and flanked ancient pathways forming funerary avenues. They are just one of the many thousands of archaeological treasures that can be seen from the skies, along with the magnificent ritual structures called mustatils, enigmatic standing stone circles, and…