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PostSubject: Mysterious 'walls' on ancient lava domes   Mysterious 'walls' on ancient lava domes EmptyFri 20 Oct 2017, 11:55
Has everyone else read this in their newspapers today?

Hundreds of stone walls have been discovered in the Harrat Kaybar refion of Sausi Arabia. They could be around 9000 years old.

Their purpose is unknown, but the Bedouin people call them the "works of the Old Men"


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/saudi-arabia-stone-structures-ancient-gates-volcanoes-lava-flows-david-kennedy-a8008156.html
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PostSubject: Re: Mysterious 'walls' on ancient lava domes   Mysterious 'walls' on ancient lava domes EmptyFri 20 Oct 2017, 13:39
I wonder if these are in any way related;

Petroglyphs at Jubbah

Neolithic Rock Art
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I had never head of this rock art before. Thanks for the link.
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