A Hieroglyphic inscription was found on a rock that was signed by King Ramses III, one of the Pharaohs kings in the historic Taima oasis, the largest archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula.
The inscription raised the question, "What did the pharaohs do in that region?"
The director of the Department of Antiquities in the province of Taima Saudi Mohammed Al-Najm said earlier that it was customary that such engravings are not engraved, except in the presence of the Pharaoh himself, and this is an indication that Ramses III had been present himself in this region, while Saudi archaeologists through Field research of a direct commercial route linking the Nile Valley with Taima, which was used by the Egyptian commercial convoys.
Egyptian archeologists confirmed that the secret of the appearance of the Pharaonic inscription in Saudi Arabia's Taima Oasis would be no more than two possibilities: the first was probably a commercial route used by caravans during the reign of Ramesses III. One of the members of the convoy painted the king's inscription as a sign of his presence in the region or recording his journey, It was a route for military forces who were heading to the region to discipline the rebels against Egypt from the Levant.