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Graphical abstract. Credit: Remote Sensing (2023). DOI: 10.3390/rs15092248 Scientists say they have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model which would efficiently interpret and recognize the behavior of certain factors in seismic-prone regions to forecast earthquakes before their occurrence. In their study, published in the journal Remote…

A new study sheds light on the Neolithic lifestyle in northern Arabia, revealing through grinding tool analysis the complex food preparation and potential for a broader Neolithic rock art culture than previously known. Above is a re-fit of a grinding stone from Jebel Oraf. Credit: Ceri Shipton In the past few years, research has shown that the currently dry area of northern Arabia used to be significantly more lush and verdant, offering early human societies in the Neolithic era ample water and wildlife resources.…

We might be getting closer to understanding why hundreds of large stone structures were built across the deserts of northwest Saudi Arabia thousands of years ago.According to an in-depth new analysis, the mysterious, rectangular enclosures were used by Neolithic people for unknown rituals, depositing animal offerings, perhaps as votives to an unknown deity or deities. Excavations have revealed hundreds of fragments of animal remains, clustered around an upright slab of stone interpreted as sacred.The roughly…

Photo: Peter Macdiarmid (Getty Images)Two privileged administrators of online encyclopedia Wikipedia were reportedly arrested by Saudi Arabian officials. The pair have been sentenced to 32 and eight years in prison for editing conflict critical of the government. The prison sentences predated a larger alleged Saudi espionage operation within the company which ultimately led Wikipedia to terminate each and every one of its administrators operating in the country. The bans were the result of an internal Wikimedia…

Cristiano Ronaldo completed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Friday in a groundbreaking deal for Middle Eastern soccer. Al Nassr posted a picture on social media of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner holding up the team’s jersey, with the club hailing the signing as “history in the making.” “This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of…

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo poses for a photo with the jersey after signing with Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr Football Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 30, 2022.Al Nassr Football Club / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesSoccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is joining Saudi Arabian club team Al Nassr in a deal that will see him play until June 2025."History in the making," Al Nassr FC wrote in a Twitter post on its official English-language account."This is a signing that will not only inspire our club…

The deserts of Saudi Arabia were once the lush and fertile homes of ancient people more than 8,000 years ago.Today, the remnants of these long-gone communities still stand – frozen, or rather, desiccated in time.Right across the Arabian peninsula, from Jordan to Saudi Arabia to Syria, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Iraq, researchers have identified thousands of huge stone structures from the sky.The V-shaped arrangements were first noticed by British air force pilots in the 1920s, and for more than a century, experts have…

Aerial photo of a typical kite from eastern Jordan. Credit: APAAME Archaeologists at the University of Oxford's School of Archaeology have used satellite imagery to identify and map more than 350 monumental hunting structures known as "kites" across northern Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq—most of which had never been previously documented.…

Using geodetic GPS measurements collected from 168 stations across the Arabian plate over 17 years, a team of KAUST researchers were able to determine that the Arabian plate is remarkably tectonically stable. Credit: 2022 KAUST; Heno Hwang A comprehensive study suggests the Arabian plate is geologically stable and capable of withstanding long-term forces from surrounding tectonic activity.…

42 Dugg isn’t letting his legal troubles hinder his music releases.On Friday, the Detroit rapper gifted fans with his Arabian-assisted track “Soon” and its official video. The piano-drive record finds Dugg reflecting on his come-up, a troubled romantic relationship, and his optimistic outlook.“Soon, I’ll be backin’ my myself/ Soon, I’ll need nobody else,” he and Arabian sing in the chorus. “Who’s gonna be there for me when I need?/Help me live, fulfill my dreams.”The introspective lyrics can be applied to Dugg’s current…