Nabataeans extended their influence to the south within the Arabian Peninsula, until they reached Al-Jawf and Al-Sarhan Valley in the southeast, Tayma and Ainonah (Lukie Komi) on the Red Sea coast and Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh), which was their second capital after Petra. They did not go beyond this region on the basis that its architectural art is different from that in the nearest urban center to the South, i.e. Dedan area (Al-Ula), which is only 22 km. away from it. In addition, the archaeological remnants in Al-Ula about Al-Hijr are different in all architectural respects and burial habits. However, there is a big similarity between them in terms of topographic and rock composition. Moreover, their inscriptions are concentrated in around Al-Hijr and on the trade road going north. Besides, the influence of the Nabataeans extended to Fao Village to the south of Wadi Al-Dawaser.

This is clear in the Nabataean pottery, which dates back to the first century BC and in a few Nabataean inscriptions.

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