Teyma is an ancient oasis town situated in the northwestern part of Saudi Arabia, and this location provides a fine insight into a meeting point of the two worlds.
Teyma was established in the 6th century BC as an important trading centre situated on the incense and spice caravans providing connection between the Arabian Peninsula and other larger regions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant. Teyma city is especially famous because of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, in which he spent several years of his enigmatic exilium.
Nowadays, Teyma seems to be an example of some ancient populated place that once was surrounded by some kind of fortification, as well as several temples and some inscriptions that tell of multiculturalism prevailing in the area. Several items, including cuneiform tablets and pottery, as well as other items, have been found and recovered in the dig, and they revealed elaborate trade connected to the region. This site comprises the outline of the old and large fortresses together with other colossal structures and living complexes that are composed of stone.
Situated in Saudi Arabia, Teyma is an exciting destination for exploration of a region that is rarely visited in the Arab Peninsula, with only deserts surrounding it in KSA. It is a region that can be described as hot most of the time and cold at night and therefore requires extra effort when one is planning to visit.
Those who come here will do more than feel a kinship with the exploration of the new territories; they will also learn about the past of the town that was once serving as the vital part of the trade routes in the world of the Near East.
Mark