{"id":38727,"date":"2023-05-19T18:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=38727"},"modified":"2023-05-19T19:01:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:01:42","slug":"archaeologists-in-saudi-have-discovered-the-oldest-known-architectural-plans-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/archaeologists-in-saudi-have-discovered-the-oldest-known-architectural-plans-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists In Saudi Have Discovered The Oldest Known Architectural Plans In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought Saudi Arabia was blessed with a rich history, think again, \u2018cos it\u2019s not just rich in it; it&#8217;s practically inundated with it.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia and Jordan have made an extraordinary <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/05\/17\/world\/oldest-architectural-plans-stone-age-megastructures-scn\/index.html\">discovery<\/a>; they\u2019ve unearthed the oldest known architectural plans in history. These ancient plans, engraved on stone slabs, depict intricate structures that were used as hunting traps during the Stone Age, approximately 9,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<h2>These engravings depict these structures, referred to as &#8220;kites&#8221; due to their distinctive shape. Kites were designed to corral and slaughter wild animals like gazelles.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kites are massive stone-built structures used for hunting animals and are well documented in the desert steppe of Jordan and Syria, like this one photographed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APAAME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@APAAME<\/a>. However, the ones we located in northwest Saudi Arabia are quite different. 2\/13 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t1g3Dk64Mc\">pic.twitter.com\/t1g3Dk64Mc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PAKEP (@PAKEP_KSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAKEP_KSA\/status\/1557615017033609217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The groundbreaking research, published in the scientific journal PLOS One, was conducted by archaeologists from various institutions.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists discovered a 9,000 years old architectural plan to mega structures, which is the oldest in the world, in Saudi Arabia \ud83d\udccd\ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8KlSUwC4ny\">https:\/\/t.co\/8KlSUwC4ny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ufbbc\u0627\u0628\u0648\u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f (@AzeezLazez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzeezLazez\/status\/1658978248854843392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nMore than 6,000 of these &#8220;kites&#8221; have been found across the Middle East and central Asia, with the highest concentration in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, southern Syria, and eastern Jordan.<\/p>\n<h2>Despite their prevalence, these archaeological wonders have been little studied until now.<\/h2>\n<p>You fly over the ancient lava fields in Arabia, and you\u2019ll see these structures that go back millennia still extant. Thanks to this study, we\u2019ve finally learned that they weren\u2019t just laid out at random; there was an architectural plan that the builders stuck to. Saudi history never fails to amaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you thought Saudi Arabia was blessed with a rich history, think again, \u2018cos it\u2019s not just rich in it; it&#8217;s practically inundated with it. Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia and Jordan have made an extraordinary discovery; they\u2019ve unearthed the oldest known architectural plans in history. 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