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2022-07-06 Science & Technology

Spread over a vast, remote landscape in north-western Saudi Arabia are millennia-old archaeological remains that could change our understanding of prehistory

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-06 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 And with the Saudi restrictive visa rules, none of those icky tourists (or non-approved archeologists...you know, those who might report findings that dispute the Kingdom's narrative) will damage the sites.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-07-06 08:42|| 2022-07-06 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 If they're a millenia old, they're not prehistoric.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-07-06 09:22|| 2022-07-06 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 "intensely populated"? With what food sources?

Posted by Frank G 2022-07-06 09:41|| 2022-07-06 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 occupied in the Neolithic period (from 6000 to 4500 BCE),

Up to 8 millennia old, Rob.

the landscape as it may have been thousands of years ago: green, lush and teeming with people

In the time of Abraham, during the Bronze Age, the Middle East was covered with grassland from Iraq to Israel. So it’s possible that Arabia was similarly green earlier.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-06 10:10|| 2022-07-06 10:10|| Front Page Top

#5
Mehh. Al-Hazred found it first. One of his fav plug sites probably.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-06 10:37|| 2022-07-06 10:37|| Front Page Top

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