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Archaeologist. Lecturer in Mediterranean Prehistory @UMmalta. Research mostly Malta and Arabia. huwgroucutt.com

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For some reason, around seven thousand years ago nomadic pastoralists in northern Arabia began to construct a new kind of ritual stone structure, that we now call the mustatil (rectangle in Arabic). Over 1500 of these were built, sometimes vast (over 600 m long).

For some reason, around seven thousand years ago nomadic pastoralists in northern Arabia began to construct a new kind of ritual stone structure, that we now call the mustatil (rectangle in Arabic). Over 1500 of these were built, sometimes vast (over 600 m long).