Nefud


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a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds

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Researchers discovered the bone at the Al Wusta site - an ancient fresh-water lake in the Nefud Desert.
90,000-year-old human finger bone found in Saudi Arabia could rewrite the history of our species; The fragment dates back around 90,000 years, and is the oldest directly dated Homo sapiens fossil outside of Africa
The study is part of a project led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, aiming at conducting archaeological fieldwork in the Nefud desert of Saudi Arabia.
Oldest dated Homo sapiens fossil outside of Africa, Levant unearthed in Saudi Arabia
Lawrence's notebooks, now in the collection of the British Library, and worked up into the magnificent prose of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', provide a powerful evocation of this journey through harsh and pitiless land of Nefud desert.
Lawrence of Arabia's sketch map to be auctioned
Switsur (1981), "Environment and Settlement during the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene at Jubba in the Great Nefud, Northern Arabia," ATLAL e Journal of Saudi Arabian Archaeology 5, 137-148.
Quaternary tufa profiles, Jabal Farasan--Wadi Qedid area, southern Saudi Arabia
pilot was shot down over what is today the Saudi Arabian desert of Nefud. He survived for 5 days with only minimal water and a small survival kit.
Staying alive in the desert
They have many different names in different areas: edeyen, ramla, goz, nefud, kum, peski, and shamo, among others.
Deserts and desertification in the tropical and subtropical environments
The discovery of an 85,000-year-old fossilized human finger bone in the Nefud desert on the outskirts of Tabuk is considered to be among the most important discoveries announced by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) in 2018.
How to change the perception of Saudi Arabia in the West
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