The camel carvings with virtual white outlines for ease of viewing.
(Photo: Maria Guagnin et al.)
Imagine traveling through the desert of Saudi Arabia and encountering a tall reddish rock.
The camel carvings with virtual white outlines for ease of viewing. (Photo: Maria Guagnin et al.)
Inside a crevice are carvings of almost a dozen camels etched in life-size proportions.
These reliefs have been known as an archaeological gem for some time.
The wild camel is almost a lost legend, with the only remaining ones being the extremely endangeredBactrian camels.
Wild camels are shown in the carvings. (Photo: Maria Guagnin et al.)
These newly assessed reliefs are a further tribute to the camels.
Numbering about 12, the reliefs are life-sized.
But why carve a pack of feral camels into a hard-to-find rock crevice in the desert?
The answer is still unclear.
Who exactly created the engravings is a mystery, especially since it overlaps with other drawings from different eras.
Wild camels are shown in the carvings.
(Photo: Maria Guagnin et al.)
