Life-Sized Camel Sculptures Discovered in the Arabian Peninsula
Dromedary head carved in bas-relief.
Credit: © Antiquity – CNRS / MADAJ, photo C. Poliakoff, statement G. Charloux
Rocky spur in the center and to the left of which one can distinguish rocky camel reliefs.
Credit: © CNRS / MADAJ, G. Charloux
Rock relief representing a dromedary reclining up to an equine, possibly a donkey or a mule
Credit: © Antiquity – CNRS / MADAJ, G. Charloux
Dromedary upright carved in high relief on the facade of a sandstone spur in the center of the image.
Credit: © CNRS / MADAJ, R. Schwerdtner
Notes:
[1] The archaeologist is a research engineer at the Orient et Méditerranée research unit (CNRS / Sorbonne University / University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / EPHE / Collège de France). This project involves another researcher in France, from the TRACES research unit (CNRS / University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès / French Ministry of Culture and Communication).
[2] These discoveries were made within the scope of the Dumat al Jandal archaeological project, directed by researchers Guillaume Charloux (CNRS) and Romolo Loreto (University of Naples L’Orientale), and supported by the SCTH; the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Labex RESMED, part of the French Investissements d’Avenir program; and the French Center for Archaeology and Social Sciences (CEFAS).
Contacts and sources:
Guillaume Charloux
CNRS
Citation: The art of rock relief in Ancient Arabia: new evidence from the Jawf Province . G. Charloux, H. Al-Khalifah, T. al-Malki, R. Mensan & R. Schwerdtner, Antiquity , 92, 361, 2018, p. 165-182, February 13, 2018, Visit the website
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WoW. Even with the ruler pointing them out theyre nearly impossible to see!
The large one stands out though and should have been found long ago