Saudi Arabia Tag

Figure 2: Collapsed prehistoric structures along the shoulders of Mesa 7 on Wadi al-Qattafi. Photo by A. C. Hill.

October 2023 | Vol. 11.10 By Yorke M. Rowan The forbidding landscape known as the Black Desert is created by lava flows stretching from southern Syria to northern Saudi Arabia that

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 12, 2022

By ANE Today Editor

Art Neolithic

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

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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Beyond the Fertile Crescent: Life in the Black Desert

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