The Al Faw archeological site reveals various features such as residential houses, markets, roads, cemeteries, temples, and water wells.

In its long period, the city survived various attacks from neighboring states, as suggested by late 2nd century AD Sabaean accounts.

Also the inscription of Namara mention the expedition of Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr into Najran where he reached Qaryat al-Faw and drove the ruling tribe of Madh'hij from the city.

Archaeological digging revealed that the city developed from a small caravan passing station, into an important commercial, religious, and urban centre in central Arabia, Najd.

[1] Interest in Qaryat al-Fāw as an archaeological site dates back to the 1940s when a reference to it was made by some workers of the Saudi Aramco oil company.

The site is extremely impressive, with multiple Nobelmans and Warrior class tombs spaced along the Eastern periphery.

The market place shows significant erosion of the walls, which have buried almost an entire story of the once 3 or 4 level artifice.