Monumental Animal Art Reveals People in 'Uninhabitable' Arabia 12,000 Years Ago
8mon 19d ago by mstdn.social/users/KentNavalesi in archaeology@mander.xyz from media.mstdn.social
Monumental Animal Art Reveals People in 'Uninhabitable' Arabia 12,000 Years Ago
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'Uninhabitable' Arabia 12,000 Years Ago
[X] doubt
https://www.earth.com/news/ancient-arabia-was-once-green-and-lush-with-rivers-lakes-and-grasslands/
The Sahara has done it, why not Arabia?
Thats super cool. Is there a link to view the non drawn over images? I can kinda make out it's carved into the rock on the first one but the rest are kinda hard to parse the actual carvings in.
Oh right! Yeah, makes sense they'd emphasize the drawings so people could see the images... my dumb ass was sitting here thinking it was fake, because no way those colours would still be that vivid after 12 thousand years... I need another coffee clearly
OP provided a link to a press article https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-09-30/ty-article-magazine/monumental-animal-art-reveals-people-in-uninhabitable-arabia-12-000-years-ago/00000199-997e-df33-a5dd-9d7f814c0000
Original publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63417-y