Horn Lectureship Series

“Searching for Mohammad's Mountain of the Ark"

“Searching for Mohammad's Mountain of the Ark; Exploring Nabonidus' Desert Hideaway and other Adventures in Saudi Arabia”

This illustrated presentation will report on our January trip across the deserts of central Saudi Arabia starting at the ancient city of Hail (where Gertrude Bell was kept a prisoner during her 1906 explorations) in the shadow of the Mount Aga—a mountain oasis in the middle of the desert supporting amazing plant and animal life and thought by some to be Muhammad’s Mountain of the Ark—to King Nabonidus’s desert city of Tayma where he exiled himself from Babylon for 10 years, to the breathtaking Nabatean tombs of Hegra (that rival Petra)  located on the famous incense road through Arabia.

📅 Monday, March 2, 2026

🕖 7:00 p.m.

📍 Seminary Chapel

This event is free and open to the public, and Andrews Undergraduate Co-Curricular credit will be offered.

We look forward to seeing you there!