Sakakah

Sakakah

Sakakah (coord|29|58|11|N|40|12|00|E|type:city) is an oasis town in the Al Jawf Province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, located just to the north of the An Nufad desert and northeast of Al Jawf city. [cite book
first=Mohamed | last=Taher | year=1998
title=Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture
publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD
isbn=8126104031
] To the south of the town are the ancient standing stones of Al-Rajajil, a set of approximately 6,000 year old megaliths. [cite web
date=May 31, 2006
url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14663
title=Al Rajajil | publisher=The Megalithic Portal
accessdate=2008-04-23
]

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