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title: Lion tombs at Dadan
author: Royal Commission of AlUla
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21410/lion-tombs-at-dadan/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-12-02
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# Lion tombs at Dadan

_Authored by Royal Commission of AlUla_

## Image File

[![Lion tombs at Dadan](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21410.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21410.jpg)

## Image Caption

Lion Tombs at Dadan, photograph by the Royal Commission of AlUla, Saudi [Arabia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Arabia/).

The carved lions are thought to symbolise powerful status or strength, or they could have been carved to protect the [tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/)’s occupants. Some of the tombs may have belonged to members of the Minaean community who lived in Dadan after the fifth century BCE, including one of the ‘lion tombs’.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
AlUla, R. C. o. (2025, December 02). Lion tombs at Dadan. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21410/lion-tombs-at-dadan/>
### Chicago
AlUla, Royal Commission of. "Lion tombs at Dadan." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 02, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21410/lion-tombs-at-dadan/>.
### MLA
AlUla, Royal Commission of. "Lion tombs at Dadan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Dec 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21410/lion-tombs-at-dadan/>.

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