🇸🇾 Syria · Earthwork
Harraat al-Harra Desert Kites
Neolithic to Chalcolithic, Badia Neolithic · Harra Neolithic hunters
34 basalt kite traps (4800-3200 BCE) on Harraat al-Harra plateau SE of Damascus, northwestern anchor of mega-kite province.
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🇸🇾 Syria · Earthwork
Neolithic to Chalcolithic, Badia Neolithic · Harra Neolithic hunters
34 basalt kite traps (4800-3200 BCE) on Harraat al-Harra plateau SE of Damascus, northwestern anchor of mega-kite province.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age · Late Chalcolithic pastoral proto-urban
Wadi Rajil north 80-m ×5-m basalt rubble with 10 ha reservoir, oldest dam-system part 3000 BCE Jawa desert town.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Neolithic to Bronze Age · Arabian Neolithic pastoralists
15,000 stone structures on black lava—gates, kites and pendants of Neolithic Arabia (7000–5000 BCE).
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
PPN to Chalcolithic · Harra Neolithic lava-field hunters
Harrat al-Sham cross-border: 7 lava-levee kites linear 6.2 km on harra ridge crest.