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The ruins belong to the Maghair Shu'ayb category, and the guides compare the Hawawit with those of Madain Salih. Now it is simply El-Bada: the name of the "Prophet" Jacob, supposed to have visited it from Egypt or Syria, being clean forgotten. The rolling plain is floored with grey granite, underlying sandstones not unlike coral-rag, and still in course of formation.
The ancient basseville, probably the site of many former settlements, is now used chiefly for shops and stores. Some of the best houses now extend towards the northern point. As usual in Arab settlements, they are long, tall claret-cases of coral-rag and burnt lime; flat-roofed, whitewashed in front, and provided with wooden doors and shutters.
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