majestic_failure t1_jd2aslo wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:49 AM

Reply to comment by ArchaeoHugh in Saudi Arabia stone ruins were pilgrimage sites, where an ancient cult gathered to sacrifice animals about 7,000 years ago by marketrent

Do you think there will ever come a point when we stop finding big deal structures like this? Like there can only be a finite number of them to find.

Also, what was a discovery that made you really change your view of history in some way?

ArchaeoHugh t1_jd2cu1g wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:17 AM

So these structures wee first identified in the 70s. They weren’t studied until 2008 but that was just people taking photos. The first one was excavated in 2018. It’s a big world. There is a lot out there that is still to be found.

I actually think the mustatil have changed my view of world archaeology. These are 7000 years old. They cover an area of 350,000 square kilometres(at present). Some are made of over 12,000 tonnes of stone. This suggests a Neolithic period that is so much more complex than I ever imagined. Shared culture, language, and more over such a massive area. Blows my mind.