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Saudi Arabia

36 places in the atlas, 7 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Archaeological wonders27
Geoglyphs20
Earthworks19
Hydraulic works7
Ancient cities4
Dams3
Megaliths3
Necropoleis3
Rock art sites3
Aqueducts2
Buried cities1
Canals1

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Verified33
Accepted3

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Al Madinah Region1
Al-Jawf Province, Sakakah-Dumat al-Jandal oasis1
Al-Jawf Province, Wadi Sirhan depression (525 m floor)1
Al-Jouf Province1
Al-Madinah Region, Wadi al-Khanaq, Khaibar oasis north1

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Verified33 Widely accepted3 Contested0

AlUla & Ha'il, Nefud margins

AlUla, Medina Province1

Ha'il Region, Jubbah–Umm Sanman basin, 90 km NW of Ha'il city, Al-Thula piedmont1

Hail Province, Nafud al-Kabir fringe1

Hail Region1

Hail Region, Shuwaymis1

Jizan Province / Asir Province, Tihama littoral plain, Harrat al-Birk fringe, Red Sea coastal terrace1

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Unverified0

Pseudoarchaeology0

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UNESCO World Heritage only

Excavation

Partially excavated28 Excavation ongoing7 Unexcavated1

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Earthworks

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

AlUla South Mustatil Cluster

Late Neolithic Arabian mustatil horizon · Northwest Arabian pastoralists

14 mustatil enclosures (5180-5050 BCE) at AlUla-Sharaan, densest sandstone cluster with betyl solstice alignment.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Harrat Uthaib Mustatil–Kite Hybrid Field (Tabuk South)

Late Neolithic (Arabian) · Uthaib lava-field hunter-ceremonialists

Hybrid of 18 mustatils and 8 kites stratigraphically entangled on Harrat Uthaib lava south of Tabuk.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

Harrat Uwayrid Mustatil Field

Late Neolithic, Arabian Mustatil horizon · Northwest Arabian Neolithic pastoralists

19 high-altitude mustatil enclosures (5300-5000 BCE) on Harrat Uwayrid basalt at 1320 m, northernmost field.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

Tayma Mustatil Field

Neolithic, Arabian Late Neolithic 5200-5000 BCE · North Arabian Late Neolithic pastoralists

12 Neolithic mustatil ritual enclosures (5000-5200 BCE) on Tayma sabkha margin with causeway gates aligned to Jebel Ghunaym.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Khaybar North Mustatil Corridor (Harrat Khaybar Northern Margin)

Late Neolithic Arabian · North Khaybar pastoral ceremonialists

Northern Khaybar mustatil line: 22 early Neolithic ritual platforms along 8.4 km lava–sandstone beach ridge.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Al-Thula Desert Kite Field (Jubbah Basin – Ha'il)

Neolithic humid phase (Holocene) · Jubbah lake-shore hunters

Jubbah paleolake-marginal kites: 16 funnels at Umm Sanman piedmont below UNESCO rock-art cliffs.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

Dumat al-Jandal Mustatil Field

Neolithic (pottery Neolithic, 5000 BCE) · Late Neolithic Arabian pastoralists

70 mustatil rectangles (5000–3500 BCE)—communal cattle-cult enclosures on the Jowf plain.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

Nafud Desert Kites - Hail Fringe

Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic, Nafud Neolithic · Northern Arabian Neolithic hunters

22 sand-edge desert kites (5500-4200 BCE) at Nafud-Hail fringe with pit-traps cut into calcrete, oryx drive along dune corridors.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder

Al Haql Desert Kites (Najran–Al Haql lava field)

Neolithic to Middle Bronze (Arabian bifacial to Wadi Sawawin–Qurayyah) · South Arabian Neolithic–Bronze Ibex hunters

38 Al Haql kites (5th–2nd mill. BCE) in 3 chains along Najran Ibex escarpment — southernmost Saudi kite province.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

Harraat Khaybar – Works of the Old Men

Neolithic to Bronze Age · Arabian Neolithic pastoralists

15,000 stone structures on black lava—gates, kites and pendants of Neolithic Arabia (7000–5000 BCE).

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Wadi Sirhan Mustatil Corridor (Al-Jawf Depression)

Late Neolithic (Northern Arabian pastoral) · Wadi Sirhan Neolithic

Broad lowland mustatil corridor (560 m, 29°48′11″N 39°52′56″E Dumat al-Jandal TM Geo 29.803206,39.882216 Wadi Sirhan runs 140 km from Azraq to Jawf) along the central topographic depression of Wadi…

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field

Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · Northwest Arabian Neolithic

37 high-elevation basalt kites (8000–5000 BCE) on Harrat Rahah — NW Saudi volcanic field.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Jebel Hasma Mustatil Field North (Tabuk)

Late Neolithic (Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic) · Northern Arabian Late Neolithic (Hisma facies)

Northern mustatil concentration on the Hisma sandstone plateau (1,050 m, 28.50°N 36.80°E) north of Tabuk, extending the Harrat-based mustatil province south-eastward into sandstone.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Tabuk Plateau Mustatil Field

Late Neolithic (Arabian Humid Period) · Northwest Arabian Neolithic pastoralists

52 Late Neolithic mustatils (5000–4500 BCE) — northernmost Saudi platform ritual field.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Thumamah Plateau Mustatil Field (Riyadh Region)

Late Neolithic (Arabian Neolithic) · Central Arabian Late Neolithic

Easternmost mustatil province (620 m, 25°39′N 46°39′E) on Thumamah limestone plateau 80 km NE of Riyadh, pushing mustatil distribution 400 km east of Dawadmi core.

≈Accepted

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Harrat ar-Rahah Kite Chain (Tabuk Highlands)

Early Holocene moist phase (Neolithic) · Hijaz Neolithic lava-field hunters

Volcanic-field kites (1,100 m, 27°24′N 37°16′E) of the Harrat ar-Rahah-'Uwayrid cluster (Global Volcanism Program 27.408N 37.279E, 1700 m cluster).

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Jibal Thumamah Kite Cluster – Qassim Desert

Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Najd Late Neolithic

24 easternmost kites (6000–3500 BCE) on Qassim limestone scarp — sand-sea margin.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Al-Ghat Mustatil Field – Najd Plateau

Late Neolithic · Central Najd Neolithic pastoralists

29 Najd mustatil platforms (4900–4200 BCE) — easternmost Saudi rectangular ritual field.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork

Mustatils of Northwest Arabia

Late Neolithic (~5500–3500 BCE) · Neolithic Arabian pastoralist

More than 1,600 elongated rectangular courtyard monuments – Arabic mustatil – stitched across 200,000 km² of Saudi desert between the Nefud and Red Sea, rendered visible only by satellite.

Saudi Arabia

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19 places

AlUla South Mustatil Cluster

Harrat Uthaib Mustatil–Kite Hybrid Field (Tabuk South)

Harrat Uwayrid Mustatil Field

Tayma Mustatil Field

Khaybar North Mustatil Corridor (Harrat Khaybar Northern Margin)

Al-Thula Desert Kite Field (Jubbah Basin – Ha'il)

Dumat al-Jandal Mustatil Field

Nafud Desert Kites - Hail Fringe

Al Haql Desert Kites (Najran–Al Haql lava field)

Harraat Khaybar – Works of the Old Men

Wadi Sirhan Mustatil Corridor (Al-Jawf Depression)

Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field

Jebel Hasma Mustatil Field North (Tabuk)

Tabuk Plateau Mustatil Field

Thumamah Plateau Mustatil Field (Riyadh Region)

Harrat ar-Rahah Kite Chain (Tabuk Highlands)

Jibal Thumamah Kite Cluster – Qassim Desert

Al-Ghat Mustatil Field – Najd Plateau

Mustatils of Northwest Arabia