The study of ancient Arabian archaeology reveals a dynamic tapestry of cultural exchange that has shaped the region’s history over millennia. Recent investigations have illuminated the technological ...

Since excavations began in 2009, the Bahra 1 archaeological site has been the gift that keeps on giving. The settlement sits in the Al-Subiyah region of Kuwait and represents one of the oldest and ...

The dry deserts of north-eastern Saudi Arabia were once wet enough to host vibrant communities of animals – and researchers have just found evidence that ancient hominins lived there too. “This paper ...

The rock art is near Nefud desert of northern Saudi Arabia Camels, ibex, gazelles, wild donkeys and aurochs depicted Sept 30 (Reuters) - About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers who inhabited a swathe ...

Ancient inhabitants of the Arabian desert created monumental works of rock art on cliff faces, including life-sized images of camels, perhaps as a way to mark sources of water. Michael Petraglia, at ...

Archaeologists discovered a walled city in the northern Saudi Arabian desert that was likely home to 500 people as far back as 2,400 B.C. The experts believe the city’s roughly 1,000 years of use ...

Jane McMahon receives funding from the Royal Commission for AlUla. She works for the University of Sydney, and is an honorary research fellow at the University of Western Australia. To date, little ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent. Dromedary camels walk through sand dunes in the Arabian Desert near Margham, ...