LONDON: To the bedouin, the mysterious structures of uncertain age and unknown origin scattered across the harsh and dramatic landscapes of northwestern Saudi Arabia have always been simply the works of “the old men.” To the archaeologists who have just completed a four-year project to catalogue all the visible archaeology of AlUla County and the nearby Harrat Khaybar volcanic
The university’s council last August recalled Prof Brown from retirement to serve on a nine-month contract following the abrupt exit of Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.