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An illustration showing what the structures may have looked like 7,000 years ago. Image credit: Thalia Nitz, University of Sydney

Experts believe the 7,000-year-old circular stone structures were once houses, complete with doorways and roofs in Saudi Arabia

16 July 2024

Archaeologists have excavated eight ancient “standing stone circles” in Saudi Arabia that they say were used as houses. Eight of...

Harrat Khaybar is home to stunning volcanic formations and mysterious manmade structures (pictured right). Photo: NASA/CNES/Airbus, via Google Earth

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Saudi Arabia’s “Gates of Hell” and Mysterious Structures

30 March 2024

The region of Saudi Arabia, where the mysterious neolithic structures called the “Gates of Hell” are located, has around 400...

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Uncovering the ritual past of ancient mustatils: Cult, herding, and ‘pilgrimage’ in the Late Neolithic of north-west Arabia

16 March 2023

Mustatils—stone monuments from the Late Neolithic period thought to have been used for ritual purposes—have been the subject of new...

News

Researchers reveal the 4,500-year-old network of funerary avenues in Arabian Peninsula

15 January 2022

Archaeologists from the University of Western Australia (UWA) have determined that people living in ancient northwest Arabia built long-distance “funerary...

Experts believe the 7,000-year-old circular stone structures were once houses, complete with doorways and roofs in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s “Gates of Hell” and Mysterious Structures

Uncovering the ritual past of ancient mustatils: Cult, herding, and ‘pilgrimage’ in the Late Neolithic of north-west Arabia

Researchers reveal the 4,500-year-old network of funerary avenues in Arabian Peninsula

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