12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia's desert

12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia's desert

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist—or perhaps artists—was hard at work.

12,000 year-old rock art proves humans thrived in Arabia’s deserts earlier than believed

The arid deserts of north Arabian Arabia do not seem to be the kind of climate early humans would have loved, but new finds are rewriting that hypothesis. Archaeologists have found life-size camel, ibex, gazelle, and horse engravings that have been carved high onto desert cliffsides, and tools, beads, and indications of temporary camps. Collectively, these discoveries point to the fact that individuals not only lived through here during the fina…

12,000-Year-Old Camel Rock Art In Arabia's Desert Served As Ancient Signs To Water Sources - Ancient Pages

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A research team has discovered over 60 rock art panels featuring 176 engravings in three previously unexplored regions—Jebel Arnaan, Jebel Mleiha, and Jebel Misma—located along the southern edge of the Nefud Desert in northern Saudi Arabia. These engravings primarily depict camels, ibex, equids, gazelles, and aurochs. Studied rock art panels. A […]

Ancient Rock Art Reveals Human Life in the Arabian Desert 12,000 Years Ago

Approximately 12,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene-Chlorocene transition, humans navigated a network of seasonal waters in Northern Arabia, marking significant locations with camels, ibex, wild equids, gazelles, and monumental rock carvings of Auloc, as well as establishing access routes. Jebel Arnaan rock art panel. Image credit: Mariaguanine. As part of the Green Arabia Project, archaeologist [...] The post Ancient Rock Art Reveals Human L…