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<< Other Photo Pages >> Al-Faw - Ancient Village or Settlement in Saudi Arabia

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 05 April 2023  Page Views: 587

Multi-periodSite Name: Al-Faw
Country: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 188.87 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Abha
Latitude: 19.783800N  Longitude: 45.150700E
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 4 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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Al-Faw submitted by davidmorgan : Al-Faw archaeological site. Photo source: Saudi Heritage Commission. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Saudi Arabia

Ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kinda (450-550 CE) settled on a far older site. Recent excavations have revealed an 8,000-year-old Neolithic settlement.
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Re: Al-Faw by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 05 April 2023
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A group of Saudi and French archaeologists working at a site southwest of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh has discovered an 8,000-year-old settlement.

Led by the Saudi Heritage Commission, the team uncovered the Neolithic-era remains using laser scanning, aerial photography, drones, and various forms of surveying. The scientists located the settlement at Al-Faw, an archaeological site that has previously turned up evidence of a strong trade network that sustained an ancient city.

Along the edge of Mount Tuwaiq, they found a stone temple and pieces of an altar. The archaeologists said these provide a deeper understanding of religious practices in the ancient city at that time.

Source: ARTnews.


Also reported at Arkeonews:

A Rock-Cut Temple and Inscriptions from the Neolithic period discovered in Saudi Arabia.

In a project led by the Saudi Heritage Commission, a multinational team of archaeologists has discovered an 8,000-year-old archaeological site in the Al-Faw region using the latest technologies. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the study leveraged high-quality aerial photography; guided drone footage utilizing ground control points; a topographic survey; remote sensing, ground-penetrating radar; laser scanning; and geophysical survey, as well as extensive walkover surveys and sondages throughout the site.
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