Saudi Arabia has announced the discovery of a new archaeological site in Mecca. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports that the Islamic inscription dates back to the third Caliph Uthman bin Affan.

Inscriptions from the 24th year of the Hijrah (migration) were found in the Olaya Palace archaeological site in Mecca by a group of people interested in antiquities and heritage.

Among the most important archaeological finds of recent times, this 1419-year-old inscription records one of the most significant events of Islamic history.

A reading of the inscription was provided by Dr Nayef Al Qanour, Director of the Protection Department at the Heritage Authority. In the first line of the inscription, the name of the flag (Zuhair) is revealed. I Zuhair believe in God and wrote a time - Amr bin Affan in the year 24."

There are similarities between the content of the Zuhair inscription in Al Ula Governorate and the Zuhair inscription, in which the author describes the time when Caliph Omar Ibn Khattab passed away.

It is the third oldest dated rock document of Islamic inscriptions after the Salamah inscription in Yanbu Al Nakhl dated 23 AH and the Zuhair inscription in the Al Ula governorate (24 AH).