Tabuk-Saudi Arabia-January 30, 2023

The discovery of the first hieroglyphic inscription sparked in

The Arabian Peninsula, which stands out on a fixed Rock located south-west of the Taima governorate in the Tabuk region, is a big question about the reasons for its existence.

British travel blogger Sheila Russell managed to get to the site of the rock with the inscription, which bears the royal signature (double cartouche) of King Ramses III, one of the Kings of Pharaonic Egypt, who ruled Egypt between 1192 and 1160 BC.

Through her research, Russell came across the fact that in 2010, Saudi archaeologists found a double cartouche of King Ramses III near the historical oasis of Taima, a discovery that adds even more weight to the theory that there was a direct trade route connecting the Nile Valley with Taima, which was used during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses III, in the XII century BC.

Since then, Russell has embarked on the search for the same cartridges.

"I was excited at the prospect of seeing it myself, I had to find it,"she said.

It is believed that such inscriptions were carved only in the presence of the Pharaoh himself, so, for Russell, the idea of standing where Ramses III stood was an amazing moment.

The journey to the Ramses III inscription was not easy, according to Russell, who explained that it took some time.

Russell recalls the moments before she saw the inscription: "I think I was holding my breath as I walked over the uneven rocks to the place where the rock with the inscription holding the cartridges was superbly located,"she says.

And in Egyptian hieroglyphs, the cartouche is an oval shape that indicates that the attached text is a royal name.

From Russell's point of view, this cartouche is very finely and deeply carved, befitting the status of the Pharaoh she commemorates, as she puts it.

"I felt very lucky to have been able to travel to this specific spot, to have been able to witness for myself such a special rock sculpture,"she adds.

The photo that Russell shared of the Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III, the only one in Saudi Arabia, won the admiration of her followers on the social networking site "Instagram"،

Russell believes that it is a topic that everyone is interested in, whether they are old or young, or people from inside or outside the kingdom.

According to the Saudi heritage authority, the trade route used by Ramses III marks a turning point in the study of the roots of civilizational relations between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, noting that more information will be revealed about the site in the future.

It is noteworthy that this route was used by Egyptian caravans to supply Taima with precious goods that the land of Medina was famous for, such as incense, copper, gold, and silver.

(CNN)