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Hamid Abu Duruk
Single file. The elegant crowns of the mudbrick wall of Dirriyah (shown after restoration) seem to march to the horizon. The city watchtower (far left) was built about a century ago. Dirriyah was once capital of Nejd, homeland of the royal Al-Saud family; its ruins lie about 10 miles northwest of the modern capital Riyadh.