Rock Art Tag

Figure 9. Camel engraving near Dumat al-Jandal, showing a detailed carving of a male camel in rut that has been re-worked multiple times. The outline has recently been scratched, giving it a lighter colour. The original line of the abdomen, the legs, and details of the neck have retained their original desert varnish. © Maria Guagnin

july 2022 | Vol. 10.7 By Maria Guagnin, Guillaume Charloux, and Abdullah M. AlSharekh Today the austere deserts of Saudi Arabia evoke images of wandering nomads. But in late prehis

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Running giraffes on a sandstone cliff: the link between art and landscape is a constant of Saharan rock art (Rahrmellen, Tadrart Acacus. Photo courtesy FIlipp Gallino; © Sapienza University of Rome).

June 3, 2019

By ANE Today Editor

Art Digital Archaeology Neolithic North Africa

Rock Art in Central Sahara: From Analogue to Digital

There are hundreds of thousands of examples of rock art in the Sahara, dating from the present back to over 10,000 years ago. But with access currently difficult thanks to unrest,

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Rock Art Tag

Monumental Sandstone Reliefs from the Neolithic: New Insights from the Camel Site in Saudi Arabia

Rock Art in Central Sahara: From Analogue to Digital