A Bronze Age settlement hidden on the Arabian Peninsula reveals secrets about the slow growth of urbanization in the region. A small 4,400-year-old town in the Khaybar Oasis of Saudi Arabia hints ...

“More excavations in Khaybar and other Bronze Age settlements in the region are needed to assess the level of socio-economic complexity during this period,” researchers wrote.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a 4,000-year-old settlement tucked away in a Saudi Arabian oasis. The Bronze Age town, which is believed to have housed roughly 500 residents, sheds light on ancient ...

That picture is becoming clearer thanks to a newly described Bronze Age settlement in Arabia, the town of al-Natah in Medinah province. The town, which covered about four acres, was more than a ...

The discovery of a Bronze Age settlement in Saudi Arabia suggests north-west Arabia was “slow” to urbanise, a new study has found. The growth of large urban settlements, when large numbers of ...

A small 4,400-year-old town in the Khaybar Oasis of Saudi Arabia hints that Bronze Age people in this region were slow to ... region of western Saudi Arabia and called it "al-Natah." The settlement ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Charloux et al., 2024, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 A small 4,400-year-old town in the Khaybar ...

Discoveries at the former settlement include the earliest complete Bronze Age wheel in Britain Although archaeologists knew there was something important at this site, it was not until 2015 that a ...

The Lucone site is one of the most investigated areas of the prehistoric Alpine region, with excavations revealing at least five different settlement areas, all with occupations ranging from the ...

Archaeologists have been excavating a Bronze Age settlement near Cambridge in the east of England and have discovered it was destroyed in a large fire. During the fire buildings which were built ...

The dead were cremated, and buried in small cemeteries behind each settlement. The large burial sites of the early Bronze Age were a thing of the past, as the land was now needed for agriculture.