The Safaitic Rock art of the North Arabian basalt Desert is a unique and understudied material, one of the few surviving traces of the elusive herding societies that inhabited this region in antiquity.
Why did these peoples make carvings in the Desert and what was the significance of this cultural practice? What can the Rock art tell us about the relationship between the nomads and their Desert landscape? This book.
Yet little is known about this Rock art and its role in the Desert societies.
The Safaitic Rock art of the North Arabian basalt Desert is a unique and understudied material, one of the few surviving traces of the elusive herding societies that inhabited this region in antiquity