He called it Aramava in his list of cities in Arabia, indicating that the valley was at a point tangentially connected to the Nabataean economic centers of Petra and Ayla.
In the 1990s, researchers conducted studies of the valley, including the reconstruction of its ruins. These studies revealed the presence of a complex of palaces and baths dating back to the Nabataean period.
Former residents of the valley joined the forces of the Great Arab Revolt under King Faisal and fought alongside Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) during the Great Arab Revolt of 1916.
