Archaeologists find prehistoric cultic monuments in Saudi Arabia
Get email notification for articles from Ruth Schuster Follow Apr. 30, 2021 2:12 AM Thousands of giant stone structures dot the desert of the Arabian peninsula, chiefly in northwest Saudi Arabia. The age and purpose of these monumental edifices, which differ in size and shape, has been a mystery. Now a new paper published in the journal of Antiquity puts a timeline on their prehistoric construction, and supports the theory that these were not traps, or pens, or burials; they were some of the earliest monumental ritual structures in the world. The monumental structures, called mustatils, base...
Source: haaretz.com