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Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 05 February 2011  Page Views: 12738

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Yabrin Burial Mounds Alternative Name: Japrin Burial Mounds
Country: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 298.263 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Riyad
Latitude: 24.190196N  Longitude: 49.147706E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Yabrin Burial Mounds
Yabrin Burial Mounds submitted by Beda_Hofmann : Burial mound (?) located 24 km WNW Yabrin oasis, Saudi Arabia. Three mounds visible, many more are in the area. These burial mounds in the Yabrin area of Saudi Arabia are easily visible via Google Earth. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Thousands of burial mounds dating from 5000 BCE to Bronze age. Thought to also belong to Dilmun Civilisation. Amid oil fields in the desert.

Exact location unknown, thought to be near this location.

Note: 1977 potential stone tombs and other sites identified in Saudi Arabia on Google Earth
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Yabrin Burial Mounds
Yabrin Burial Mounds submitted by Beda_Hofmann : Typical burial mounds, Yabrin area, Saudi Arabia (from Google Earth) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: 1977 potential stone tombs and other sites identified in Saudi Arabia on Google E by KSPrabhu on Tuesday, 08 February 2011
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Amazing Effort, Such an effort is required to map the Megalithic burial sites of South India too, as of now very poor documentation exists on the sites and many of them are in the danger of getting destroyed because of rapidly increasing population and lack of awareness.
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1977 potential stone tombs and other sites identified in Saudi Arabia on Google Earth by Andy B on Saturday, 05 February 2011
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Giant archaeological trove found in Google Earth

Almost two thousand potential archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia have been discovered from an office chair in Perth, Australia, thanks to high-resolution satellite images from Google Earth.

"I've never been to Saudi Arabia," says David Kennedy from the University of Western Australia, Australia. "It's not the easiest country to break into."

Instead Kennedy scanned 1240 square kilometres in Saudi Arabia using Google Earth. From their birds-eye view he found 1977 potential archaeological sites, including 1082 "pendants" - ancient tear-drop shaped tombs made of stone.

According to Kennedy, aerial photography of Saudi Arabia is not made available to most archaeologists, and it's difficult, if not impossible, to fly over the nation. "But, Google Earth can outflank them," he says.

Kennedy confirmed that the sites were vestiges of an ancient life - rather than vegetation or shadow - by asking a friend in Saudi Arabia, who is not an archaeologist, to drive out to two of the sites and photograph them.

By comparing the images with structures that Kennedy has seen in Jordan, he believes the sites may be up to 9000 years old, but ground verification is needed. "Just from Google Earth it's impossible to know whether we have found a Bedouin structure that was made 150 years ago, or 10,000 years ago," he says.

More, with a photo at New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/02/giant-archaeological-trove-fou.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

I've not tracked down the site database yet but the paper is here (payment required)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WH8-5223Y7H-1&_user=4200739&_coverDate=01%2F28%2F2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000000593&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4200739&md5=1dfbdfd35d982ffd3b47eae4d6c0e84f&searchtype=a
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Re: Yabrin Burial Mounds by Beda_Hofmann on Tuesday, 12 August 2008
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Based on a visit to the area in March 2008 I confirm the presence of numerous mounds (stones, approx 3-4 m diameter, 2-3 m high), often surrounded by a secondary circular stone wall, due west of Yabrin, between 23°03'N 48°50'E and 23°24'N 48°48'E, a belt extending over at least 38 km NS, thus. Anybody having information on these, comments would be most welcome!
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