The excavation of an enigmatic stone monument in AIUIa in Saudi Arabia is offering fresh insight into the rituals and culture of Neolithic-era peoples. Called a “mustatil,” the structure is one of ...

In recent years, studies have revealed that the now-arid region of northern Arabia was once much wetter and greener, providing Neolithic human populations with access to both water and game. The ...

Archaeologists were shocked to discover that a series of camels carved into desert rock faces in northwestern Saudi Arabia are actually prehistoric, dating from 7,000 to 8,000 years ago—before either ...

A new study uses a wide range of methods to date the heavily eroded reliefs, and connecting them to a period in which a green Arabia was home to monument-building pastoralists. The monumental reliefs ...

Crassard, Rémy, Petraglia, Michael D., Parker, Adrian G., Parton, Ash, Roberts, Richard G., Jacobs, Zenobia, Alsharekh, Abdullah, Al-Omari, Abdulaziz, Breeze, Paul ...

Use-wear analysis of grinding tools from the site of Jebel Oraf shows that the artifacts were used during the Neolithic, shedding new light on the subsistence and lifestyle of ancient peoples in the ...

The monumental reliefs at the Camel Site in northern Arabia are unique: three rock spurs are decorated with naturalistic, life-sized carvings of camels and equids. In total, 21 reliefs have been ...