Uhambo lwe-archeological yaseSaudi / isiFrentshi lufumene inani elikhulu lezinto zakudala zomdongwe kunye nezixhobo zokhuni kunye nesinyithi eMadain Saleh (Al-Hijr), esukela kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-2000. Iqela likwafumanise inani leeyunithi zoyilo ezineempawu ezibonisa ukuba indawo yayisetyenziswa njengendawo yenkonzo. UNjingalwazi u-Ali Al-Ghaban, usekela-mongameli we-archeology kunye neemyuziyam wathi eli lixesha lesibini lokumba e-Madae'n Saleh, eliza phantsi kwenkqubo yentsebenziswano yezenzululwazi kunye nohambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kwintsimi yophando lwezinto zakudala kunye nokwemba, isivumelwano sentsebenziswano phakathi i-archeology kunye necandelo lemyuziyam kwi-SCTA, kunye neZiko loPhando leSizwe lesiFrentshi CNRC.
UNjingalwazi Ghaban wachaza ukuba iqela lokumba libandakanya iingcali ze-11 kwi-archeology, geo-physics, imibhalo, i-geology, i-anthropology, i-GIS, kunye nemisebenzi yokubuyisela, phakathi kwabanye. Ngexesha lokuqala (2008), iqela lifumene inani leeyunithi zokwakha kwindawo yokuhlala - indawo yase-Al-Diwan - kunye nentaba yase-Ethlib. Okwangoku, imisebenzi yokubuyisela iyenziwa ukubuyisela iiyunithi zezakhiwo kunye nezixhobo zendalo ukuze zingaphazamisi ubume bezinto ezifunyenweyo. Isoftware ekhethekileyo ye-elektroniki isetyenziselwa ukubhala imisebenzi yokwembiwa kweqela kunye nokubuyisela.
I-UNESCO ibhengeze ukufakwa kweMadain Saleh kuluhlu lwayo lwelifa lehlabathi, ngoJulayi 2008. Yeyona ndawo yokuqala evela kuBukumkani baseSaudi Arabia ukuba ibandakanywe kuluhlu lweUNESCO.
