Saudi Arabia camel carvings dated to prehistoric era
A series of camel sculptures carved into rock faces in Saudi Arabia are likely to be the oldest large-scale animal reliefs in the world, a study says./ When the carvings were first discovered in 2018, researchers estimated they were created about 2,000 years ago./ This was based on their similarity to reliefs at Jordan's famous ancient city of Petra./ But a fresh study puts the camels at between 7,000-8,000 old./ Precisely ageing rock sculptures is a challenge for researchers. Unlike cave paintings, say, there is often no organic matter to ...
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