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when they were first discovered in 2018, researchers estimated they were made about 2000 years old. but a fresh study research has found that they are actually up to 8000 years old. that makes them older than stonehenge in england, at 5000 years, and the pyramids in egypt, at a500 years. the sculptures are in the remote desert in the north of saudi arabia, close to the oasis town of sakaka. the area, north of the nefud desert, is well known for prehistoric archaeology. but finding out the age of rock sculptures like this is not easy. unlike cave paintings there s no organic matter to sample so radio carbon dating isn t possible. so the researchers had to get creative. let s speak to one of them maria gaugnin is an archaeologist at the max planck institute and lead author of the study. welcome author of the study. to outside source. how to to find welcome to outside source. how to to find out how old the sculptures are?

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