Shocking discovery: 12,000-year-old stone carving in Arabia
Archaeological discoveries in Saudi Arabia show that people lived here 2,000 years earlier, revealing a new chapter in human history.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•14/10/2025
In the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia, experts from the Max Planck Institute for Anthropology in Germany unexpectedly discovered a series of strange ancient prehistoric relics. Photo: @Max Planck Institute for Anthropology. These are dozens of giant stone carvings depicting animals, estimated to be 12,000 years old. Photo: @Max Planck Institute for Anthropology.
Specifically, archaeologists have recorded 18 life-sized carvings of camels, mountain goats, gazelles, wild horses and European bison. Photo: @Max Planck Institute for Anthropology. Some of the animal carvings are over 1.8 meters tall and are carved into sandstone boulders and rock outcrops in the Nefud Desert. Photo: @Max Planck Institute for Anthropology.
Before this discovery , the first human presence in the area was recorded at Neolithic sites from 10,000 years ago. Now, the rock carvings, dated to 12,000 years old, provide evidence that humans inhabited the area 2,000 years earlier than previously believed. Photo: @Max Planck Institute for Anthropology. Dear Readers, please watch the video : "Opening" the 3,000-year-old mummy of an Egyptian Pharaoh: "Shocking" real appearance and shocking secrets. Video source: @VGT TV - Life.
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