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Where is the Syrian Desert?
Syrian Desert, Badiyat ash-Sham in Arabic. Deserts in Western Asia, distributed in northern Saudi Arabia, western Iraq, southern Syria and eastern Jordan. The area is about 324,000 square kilometers. The annual precipitation is less than 125 mm, and most of them are covered with lava, which is not suitable for grazing and difficult to pass. There are only a few herders in its southern Hamad region. In ancient times, it was a major obstacle to the traffic in West Asia. In modern times, there are oil pipelines and roads passing through.
Geographical Situation
Arid desert in southwestern Asia. Extending northward from the Arabian Peninsula, it covers large swathes of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria and western Iraq. Most are covered by lava flows. The annual rainfall is less than 125 mm. Until modern times it was an impenetrable barrier between the two populated areas of the Leoant and Mesopotamia. Several roads and oil pipelines run through it.
Cultural Heritage
The giant camel is 4 meters high and 3 meters from the shoulder to the ground. The remains of this 100,000-year-old giant camel were found in the central part of the Syrian Republic. “We didn’t know before that dromedary camels appeared in the Middle East 100,000 years ago,” says Professor Jean-Marie Don Soleil of the University of Basel.
According to Professor Don Soleil, the camel is as high as 4 meters, and this kind of giant camel has never been found before. “Can you imagine it? This giant camel is almost 4 meters high, and it is 3 meters high from the shoulder to the ground. Before this discovery, no one knew the existence of this species.”
“We discovered the first large bone in 2003, and at that time we only knew that the animal with this bone was definitely not small, but we have not been able to confirm that it belonged to a giant camel. Until recently, we found the animal’s It was only after some other bones that we determined that the animal was indeed a giant camel that had never been seen before. In addition to that, we also found some flint and stone tools there.”
Experts infer that the giant camel was killed by humans while drinking water. Professor Don Soleil and others inferred that this giant camel should have been killed by a group of humans while drinking water.
According to Professor Don Soleil, they also discovered the remains of a 100,000-year-old human being near the oasis in this desert steppe. The remains have now been transported to Switzerland for analysis. So far, they don’t know whether the person belongs to Homo sapiens (the scientific name for modern humans) or Neanderthals, Professor Don Soleil said.
“The bones of this individual belonged to Homo sapiens, but oddly, his or her teeth were very old, much like those of a caveman. So, to help determine his or her identity, our researchers are working on Trying to find more bones of this person.”
The desert area of Kom, where the giant camel was found, was inhabited 1.5 million years ago. Since 1999, Professor Don Soleil has been excavating in the desert area of Kom, where the giant camel was found. Kom is a chasm between two mountains, 20 kilometers wide, with many springs in between.
Professor Don Soleil said that according to research, people have been living in what is now the Syrian Republic since 1.5 million years ago, and the region played a crucial role in the time when the first humans migrated to Asia and Europe.
The University of Basel also revealed that recent research reports show that people have been investigating Kom since the 1960s; and they have found evidence of human habitation in the area 1 million years ago. Therefore, Kom It is now recognized as “a reference for the study of Near Eastern prehistory”.
Professor Don Soleil pointed out that they also found an archaeological layer with a time span of hundreds of thousands of years – which is very rare in the open field. “It used to be basically a prairie, so the camels at that time probably ate what the camels eat now,” he said.
