Hundreds of life-sized animal petroglyphs suggest that the notoriously arid region was populated around 12,000 years ago, according to a new study.

The engravings include 90 camels, 17 ibex (a wild mountain goat), 15 equids (an animal from ... but the new findings were out on “towering cliff faces,” at times more than 120 feet high in “commanding ...

In the desert wilderness of northern Saudi Arabia, a stunning discovery is offering a new perspective on life in the distant past. Researchers have uncovered monumental rock art engravings that are 12 ...

The rock art is near Nefud desert of northern Saudi Arabia Camels, ibex, gazelles, wild donkeys and aurochs depicted ... "The engravers would have had to stand on a ledge directly in front of the ...

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist – or perhaps artists – was hard at work. Standing on a narrow ledge and with primitive tools, they engraved into ...

Almost 200 engravings created around 12,000 years ago have been discovered in Saudi Arabia, including depictions of camels ...