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Desert-Kite: an ancient human mass-killing hunting phenomenon

According to researchers, the ancient human-built convergently formed stone structure was discovered between northern and western Central Asia. Due to its kite-like shape, this feature is known as "desert kite" and has found in Yemen and the Negev/Sinai; it consists of two converging walls that converge at a circular enclosure or pit at the apex. Some objects have been discovered in Central Arabia that does not meet the traditional kite standards, and archaeologists have dubbed them "Psuedo-kite."According to research, the desert kite was created for mass kill-hunting the animal. Kites were used by indigenous peoples in North America to monitor the movement of herd animals and lure them into enclosures for hunting. Continue

Mustatil: the oldest ritual monument found in northwestern Arabia

A recent study by Hugh Thomas published in the Journal of Antiquity highlighted the oldest monument in the world. This study has suggested that the thousands of monuments that are rectangular in shape found in northwestern Saudi Arabia are (radiocarbon) older than the Egyptian pyramid and the ancient stone circles of Britain. The radiocarbon ages of these monuments are older than ~7000 years old. Because of their rectangular structure, these old features have recently been renamed by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) as Mustatil (مستطيل).  

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