The Paintings and Rock Inscriptions in Jeddah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "An Analytic study" | ||
| International Journal of Advanced Studies in World Archaeology | ||
| Volume 5, Issue 2, December 2022, Pages 193-239 PDF (1.54 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.248432 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Galal Mahmoud | ||
| Lecturer at College of Archeology and Tourism Guidance, Department of Arab-Peninsula Archaeology, Misr University For science &Technology | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The theme of this research aims to discuss a new vision for the rock Art that have puzzled archaeologists and spread in the mountains of Wadi Fatima and its various branches in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study dealt with seven sites of rock Art in the vicinity of the city of Jeddah, four of which were published in Atlal Magazine No. 11, where they are represented respectively in the first site; “Jabal Al-Qasab” on the highway of Jeddah-Taif, about 60 km southeast of Jeddah, the second site; “Bremen” located in the north-east of Jeddah, the third site; “Abhr” located northwest of Jeddah, which is destroyed, and the fourth site; "Umm Hablain" located north-east of Jeddah. It is worth mentioning that the study will be re-analyzed the sceneries and inscriptions to have new analyzes for some mysterious scenes that were not discussed in the study published in Atlal Magazine No. 11, such as the strange "Umm Hablain site" scene, where the study will be interpreted as one of the jumping rituals on the animal of Eland. Spread in Africa, especially in Namibia, which has many ritual indications referred to in the text of the study, this in addition to the translation of the surrounding Thamudic inscriptions, which have not been translated and investigated before. As for the other three unpublished sites, they are represented respectively in the Fifth site known as the inscriptions of Wadi Hura, located to the north-east of Al-Jumum. The Sixth site known as the rock drawings in the Khuzam Palace Historical Museum, which were found in a place near Salman Bay located in the north of Jeddah, on one of the rocky hills in the Abhr area. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Neolithic age; Rock Art; Religious Rituals; Thamudic Inscriptions; Jeddah; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the Arabian Peninsula | ||
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