The remains of the town, dubbed al-Natah, reveal how life at the time was slowly changing from a nomadic to an urban existence, archaeologists said.
The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time was slowly changing from a nomadic to an urban existence, archaeologists said on Wednesday.The remains of the town, dubbed al-Natah, were long concealed by the walled oasis of Khaybar, a green and fertile speck surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.Then an ancient 14.
But observing the site from above revealed potential paths and the foundations of houses, suggesting where the archaeologists needed to dig.They discovered foundations 'strong enough to easily support at least one- or two-story' homes, Charloux said, emphasizing that there was much more work to be done to understand the site.But their preliminary findings paint a picture of a 2.6-hectare town with around 50 houses perched on a hill, equipped with a wall of its own.
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