Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings discovered in Saudi Arabian desert

[Still Waters]

Archaeologists have documented a cluster of carvings depicting camels on a rock outcropping near the southern edge of Saudi Arabia's Nafud desert.

The monumental artwork portrays a dozen life-size wild camels, a now-extinct species that once roamed this swath of the Arabian Peninsula desert thousands of years ago but has never received a scientific name, according to a study published in the December issue of the journal Archaeological Research in Asia.

While the site, named Sahout, had been recognized by other archaeologists for some time, this is the first time someone noticed the camel carvings on the outcropping.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-and-beautifully-carved-life-size-camel-carvings-discovered-in-saudi-arabian-desert

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352226723000557?