A vast site in north-west Saudi Arabia is home to 1000 structures that date back more than 7000 years, making them older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge in the UK.

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A vast site in north-west Saudi Arabia is home to 1000 structures that date back more than 7000 years, making them older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge in the UK. (www.newscientist.com)

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Yet no pics.

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There’s at least 3 in the picture at the top of article. Lines of rocks, nothing too visually impressive.

mustatil images (duckduckgo.com)

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"20 metres to more than 600 metres in length, but their walls stood only 1.2 metres high"

probably just birth and death dates recorded in alignments with stars, or ceremonial sites

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