New discoveries in north Arabian deserts show early humans lived there, leaving life-size animal engravings, tools, beads, ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia discovered over 170 ancient rock engravings that may be among the earliest monumental artworks in the region. Created between 12,800 and 11,400 years ago, the massive ...

Monumental rock art in Arabia reveals how ancient communities survived, thrived, and expressed identity in a once forbidding desert landscape. Recent research has revealed the important role played by ...

As northern Arabia emerged from the bone-dry chill of the Last Glacial Maximum, people moved back into the desert’s interior – following the return of seasonal water. On towering cliffs and open rock ...

Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are over 6 feet (1.8 ...

NEFUD DESERT, SAUDI ARABIA—Researchers were recently surprised when they encountered more than 60 ancient rock art panels lining the mountainous terrain of the Nefud Desert in northern Saudi Arabia, ...

The outline of a camel etched into stone near a seasonal water source – Credit: Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Project 12,000-year-old engravings of desert animals like the dromedary camel were used ...