Mysterious and Life-size camel carvings have been found in Saudi Arabian desert

Arkeonews woncha come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight ^ | October 4? 6?, 2023 | Oguz Buyukyildirim

[SunkenCiv]

The Neolithic period of northern Arabia is known in part from the monumental stone structures and accompanying cave art, as well as the remains of hearths indicating temporary settlement. But there is much we do not know about the character and timing of settlement before the spread of animal pastoralism (c. 6000 BC).

Researchers have recently discovered new, enigmatic carvings that shed light on this ancient history.

Five panels totaling nine large life-size specimens have so far been identified. The camels have frequently had other camels carved over them or had their features and proportions improved, which suggests the site was used and visited for a very long time.

The monumental artwork portrays a dozen life-size wild camels, a now-extinct species that once roamed this swath of the Arabian Peninsula desert thousands of years ago but has never received a scientific name.

The art is pretty detailed, showing predominantly male camels complete with thicker winter fur that had not been molted. These details alone suggest the art may have been created during the animal's rutting season (between November and March).

This is the first time anyone has noticed the camel carvings on the outcropping, even though the site, known as Sahout, had been recognized by other archaeologists for some time...

According to radiocarbon dating analysis of the two trenches and two ancient hearths found nearby, the Sahout site was repeatedly visited during what is called the late Pleistocene period (2.6 million to around 11,700 years ago) and the Middle Holocene (7,000 to 5,000 years ago).

The carvings have newer etchings overlapping the camels, there's an added layer of mystery surrounding which culture created the artwork and when.

[SunkenCiv]

Image credit: Maria Guagnin, et al.

[SunkenCiv]

[COBOL2Java]

The monumental artwork portrays a dozen life-size wild camels, a now-extinct species that once roamed this swath of the Arabian Peninsula desert thousands of years ago but has never received a scientific name.

Call it "Mohammed". That'll torque 'em.

[Red Badger]

ARAB PORN..................

[one guy in new jersey]

you’re bad...🤨

[Beowulf9]

This kind of looks like that one camel and I think that is the extinct one, but this camel in the article the bones were found in the high arctic. So I am wondering do they think this is the same camel (type) and did this extinct species migrate up high to the arctic or move down low, to the Saudi Arabian desert? Whatever, but so interesting. https://www.science20.com/news_articles/extinct_giant_camel_remains_discovered_high_arctic-105487

[Pearls Before Swine]

GMTA

[ComputerGuy]

Hidden in plain sight.

[MuttTheHoople]

“Mohammed’s mom”

[SunkenCiv]

It's hilarious to see the evidence for the presence of the camel in the prehistoric Middle East.

• The Latest Challenge to the Bible's Accuracy: Abraham's Anachronistic Camels? [02/16/2014]
• Camel bones suggest error in Bible, archaeologists say [02/05/2014]
• Fossils prove that giant camels once roamed the Arctic [11/01/2013]
• Fossil Camel Discovered in Oklahoma by Oil Workers [09/08/2013]
• Camels' Humps Originated in the Arctic [03/05/2013]
• Ancient Arctic camel a curious conundrum [03/05/2013]
• When Did Humans Come to the Americas? [01/27/2013]

[Magnum44]

[Boogieman]

Cool carving, but I don’t know that I’d walk a mile for it.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL

[Engedi]

Are camels extinct? Sentence doesn’t make sense.

[COBOL2Java]

Are camels extinct? Sentence doesn’t make sense.

Some are...