The longest caves in the Arab world .. They are there!

The cavity of my trench in northwestern Saudi Arabia, spanning a length of one thousand and 500 meters, a width of 45 meters and a height of 12 meters, has retained its archaeological features hundreds of years ago. years, and inside it are distributed in many narrow and wide tunnels and canyons, and there are also remains of bones, most of which belong to huge animals such as camels and wild cows .

The “Umm Jarsan” cave in Harat Khaybar, north of Medina, is one of the few sites created by nature, until Saudi photographer Hassan Harisi rushed to document these features. He tells Al-Arabiya.net: The cave varies its height along the path inside, until it reaches two meters high and three meters wide, the path gradually narrows until it reaches the end of ‘one of its entrances on a blocked road.

He added: “We don’t know that there is further than this road, but there is fresh air coming in through the cave openings, and the road to the cave is plentiful, because it is easy for a visitor to get lost in the endless desert area, and as for its three entrances, they are distributed along its path from east to west, at the entrance of the caves grow trees and there are room for bright dirt paper bushes. “

He pointed out that the internal temperature of the cave reaches 24 degrees Celsius, compared to its surface, which reaches a temperature of 34 degrees in the summer season. Visiting the cave is no longer limited to individuals of scientific delegations and adventurers, but tourists and visitors can explore the place.

Harisi mentioned that the smooth rocks are an obstacle for some people and therefore the General Authority of Tourism and National Heritage, in cooperation with Khaybar Governorate, built a staircase that would facilitate the descent and ascent of people. . cave, because the cavities were scary due to the falling rocks.

It is worth noting that Umm Jarsan Cave is one of the longest caves in the Arab world, with a length of 1900 meters and a maximum width of 45 meters and a maximum height of 25 meters, and it consists of three parts. The cave contains archaeological material unearthed from human skulls and bones of predatory animals, and studies indicate that it contains the bones of the bovine monster, which went extinct eight thousand years ago, and the cave was formed in the result of a volcanic explosion and the flow of molten lava, which formed a corridor similar to the paths taken by the molten lava.