Inscriptions carved into a giant rock here date the Ehmej back to the Roman Age and depict historic initiatives to preserve nature; citizens were forbidden by decree from the Emperor Hadrian to cut down juniper, oak, cedar and pine trees.

Hadrian (76-138 CE) was the fourteenth Emperor of Rome (10 August 117 to 10 July 138 CE) and is known as the third of the Five Good Emperors (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius)  who ruled justly.