The drawings—the oldest dated monumental rock art in Arabia—are the firmest evidence that humans lived there during a dry ...

Archaeologists have documented a cluster of carvings depicting camels on a rock outcropping near the southern edge of Saudi Arabia's Nafud desert. The monumental artwork portrays a dozen life-size ...

There are two species of camel: the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) and the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius). About 90% of the world’s camels are dromedary camels, also known as the Arabian ...

The ancient camel question is: One hump or two? Arabian camels, also known as dromedaries, have only one hump, but they employ it to great effect. The hump stores up to 80 pounds of fat, which a camel ...

The rock art dates to between 12,800 and 11,400 years ago, a period when seasonal water bodies "reappeared" in the region.

Rajasthan is now home to a free mobile clinic for injured and abused camels. JAIPUR, India, Jan. 16, 2009 — -- It's about 8 a.m. when Pradeep Singhal meets the group of men gathered with their ...