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The mysterious symbols found carved in Qatarfs desert
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Some shoot out of the soft rock like reptiles bathing in the sun. Others are mysterious depressions resembling an ancient board game played all over the world. And a few are straight-up puzzling.

On a desolate and windswept corner of Qatarfs northeastern coast, among the sand dunes of the barren desert, lies Al Jassasiya, the Gulf countryfs largest and most important rock art site.

Here, people centuries ago used a series of low-lying limestone outcrops as a canvas on which they carved symbols, motifs and objects that they observed in their environment.
Overall, archaeologists have found a total of some 900 rock carvings, or gpetroglyphs,h at Al Jassasiya. They are mostly enigmatic cup marks arranged in various patterns, including rows and rosettes, but also eye-catching representations of sailing ships, usually seen from above but also depicted in linear profile, among other symbols and signs.

gAlthough rock art is common in the Arabian Peninsula, some of the carvings in Al Jassasiya are unique and cannot be found anywhere else,h Ferhan Sakal, head of excavation and site management at Qatar Museums, told CNN, referring to the petroglyphs of ships seen from a birdfs-eye view.

gThese carvings represent a high degree of creativity and observation skills [on the part of] the artists who made them,h he said. gAlso [of] abstract thinking, as they were not able to see the dhow (a traditional ship) from above.h



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