In one rock panel there is a camel lying on the ground with its head tilted toward a donkey that is on its feet. Despite their detailed artwork, the ancient artists left very few inscriptions or pieces of writing behind unlike at many other rock art locations. That left the team with many unanswered questions, like who carved the sculptures? The Camel Site, he said, may have served as a border that signaled the edge of the Nabatean territory. Peter Magee, an archaeologist from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania said the finding shows the ingenuity of those who lived in ancient Arabia.

Source: New York Times February 15, 2018 15:49 UTC