<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.arabnews.com/tags/nefud-desert" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>Nefud Desert</title> <link>https://www.arabnews.com/tags/nefud-desert</link> <description></description> <language>en</language> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <atom:link href="https://www.arabnews.com/taxonomy/term/330846/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>Ancient site in Nefud Desert offers glimpse of early human activity in Saudi Arabia</title> <link>https://www.arabnews.com/node/1858031/saudi-arabia</link> <description><div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/hebshi-al-shammari">Hebshi Al-Shammari</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2021-05-13 06:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> RIYADH: An important archaeological site showing signs of ancient human activity dating back 350,000 years has been discovered in the Hail region of northern Saudi Arabia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2021/05/13/2616456-518896411.jpg" width="1200" height="803" alt="The report notes that until now, detailed knowledge of the Acheulean in the region was limited to a single, well-documented site: Saffaqah, in the central Kingdom. (SPA)" title="The report notes that until now, detailed knowledge of the Acheulean in the region was limited to a single, well-documented site: Saffaqah, in the central Kingdom. (SPA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/saudiarabia">Saudi Arabia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nefud-desert">Nefud Desert</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/acheulean-site">Acheulean site</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nasim">An Nasim</a></div></div></div></description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 03:23:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>romulo</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1858031 at https://www.arabnews.com</guid> </item> <item> <title>ThePlace: Jubbat Hail, an old caravan route through the Nefud Desert</title> <link>https://www.arabnews.com/node/1574366/saudi-arabia</link> <description><div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2019-10-25 23:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="rtejustify"> Jubbat Hail, in the Hail region of northeast Saudi Arabia, is on an old caravan route through the Nefud Desert.<br /> It is one of the largest and most significant archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia, due to its rock inscriptions and carvings dating to the Mesolithic period. Some of these rock carvings show men wearing headgear, birds, monkeys, gazelles, and two animals pulling a wheeled cart.<br /> A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015, It is a beautiful desert destination visited by thousands of tourists from around the world every year.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2019/10/25/1815706-988969432.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Photo/Saudi Tourism" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/saudiarabia">Saudi Arabia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nefud-desert">Nefud Desert</a></div></div></div></description> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>malawi</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1574366 at https://www.arabnews.com</guid> </item> </channel> </rss