Mysteries and Mysticism in the Arabian Desert

作     者：Majeed Khan 

作者机构：Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities Riyadh Saudi Arabia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》 (文学与艺术研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第7期

页      面：539-556页

学科分类：01[哲学] 0101[哲学-哲学] 09[农学] 010108[哲学-科学技术哲学] 0901[农学-作物学] 

主　　题：沙特阿拉伯 神秘主义 沙漠 考古遗址 阿拉伯半岛 文化遗产 粮农组织 文化底蕴 

摘      要：Saudi Arabia is rich not only in its oil, but also in its cultural heritages. With 1,500 rock arts and 4,000 archaeological sites it is the fourth largest rock art region in the world. The entire Saudi Arabia has been comprehensively surveyed, investigated, and documented under the auspices of the Saudi Arabian Department of Antiquities (now Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities). The archaeological and rock art investigations revealed tantalizing results providing the evidence of human presence in the Arabian Peninsula from the early Acheulean period until the present day. In addition to the ancient towns and cities like Madain Saleh (contemporary to Petra in Jordan), Tayma, Domat al-Jandal, Thaj, and al-Fao and Ukhdoud hundreds of strange, mysterious, and mystic structures and petrolyghs are located in the deserts of Arabia. A few of such sites are discussed in this paper, highlighting the strong but still unknown to the world the cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia.