Ancientist

  • Does the Mysterious Lake on Ptolemy’s Arabia Map Point to Ancient Yemen’s Water Past?

    Does the Mysterious Lake on Ptolemy’s Arabia Map Point to Ancient Yemen’s Water Past?

    A mysterious lake shown in the cartographic tradition of ancient Arabia is drawing fresh attention, not as a confirmed scientific discovery, but as one of those old map problems that still refuses to disappear. Claudius Ptolemy, the 2nd-century Alexandrian geographer known for his influential work Geography, shaped how later mapmakers imagined the ancient world. His…

  • 80,000-year-old stone knives have been discovered in South Arabia

    80,000-year-old stone knives have been discovered in South Arabia

    Archaeological excavations at the Jebel Faya rock shelter in the Emirate of Sharjah have unearthed significant findings that shed light on human history. An international research team led by Knut Bretzke from Friedrich Schiller University Jena discovered stone blades dating back 80,000 years. This discovery marks the oldest known evidence of systematic stone tool production…