As northern Arabia emerged from the bone-dry chill of the Last Glacial Maximum, people moved back into the desert’s interior – following the return of seasonal water. On towering cliffs and open rock ...

An expedition into the desert of Saudi Arabia found 12,000-year-old rock art on steep cliff faces that were used to mark water sources.

The Arabic language, originating in the Arabian Peninsula over 1,500 years ago, has had a profound influence on cultures and languages worldwide. As the language of the Quran and Islamic scholarship, ...