Desert planes and fisheries… What is the secret of the mysterious stone structures in the west of the Kingdom?

Wild Animals

It is likely that their purpose was to direct wild animals, such as deer and ibex, towards the center of the trap to hunt them collectively, indicative of an advanced level of environmental and behavioral knowledge among ancient humans.

These show The facilities, whose unique design clearly appears from aerial photography, are a structure resembling a traditional kite, consisting of two long arms extending for hundreds of meters towards a closed or semi-closed central enclosure, highlighting the ability of ancient man to organize collective hunting operations through effective means.

Lava Flows

Recent field surveys, especially in the Jabal al-Qadr area, highlight that lava flows resulting from an eruption that occurred less than a thousand years ago have submerged some of these facilities, indicating that The date of their construction is much older.

This makes these facilities an important time reference for archaeologists and geologists, because of the layers they provide indicating the succession of natural and human events in the region.