Drone footage of prehistoric circular stone structures

[u/Phreak3]

[u/MosesOnAcid]

" Multiple circular stone structures, belonging to different typologies, are found across the entire territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and beyond (notably in Jordan and Syria, where stone circles are dated to the Middle East’s Neolithic period — 8500 BCE to 4300 BCE). The Hejaz and Hisma regions are particularly rich of such structures. They present different designs and sizes. Some of them have a diameter ranging from 20 to 50 meters. Their scope and use are still debated. Some specimens are interpreted as circular burials while others as suggested by the presence of a central chamber in their middle, of much smaller diameter, have been identified as agglomerations of houses, as the stone circles are sometimes imbricated into each other. "

Unesco

[u/JoySubtraction → u/MosesOnAcid]

You know some PhD student wrote that. "the stone circles are sometimes imbricated into each other" - why not just say, "the stone circles sometimes overlap"?

[u/jfrey123 → u/JoySubtraction]

He was so deeply programmed to use x amount of words in an essay that the habit of adding fluff words overlapped into his doctoral studies.

[u/Next_Boysenberry1414 → u/JoySubtraction]

Why not use beautiful words when you can? Everything should not be ELIM5ed.

[u/meisteronimo → u/MosesOnAcid]

I learned about stone circles in the Middle East (actually Egypt) in Assassin’s Creed Origin.

 https://youtu.be/uzXSt0679To?si=Tfw-1NtQ_ujwsTdU

[u/Industrial_Laundry]

I’d like to think I’m not a superstitious guy but i gotta draw a line somewhere because something tells me that lying down in the middle of an ancient ring just seems like a recipe for disaster.

[u/RedPandaReturns → u/Industrial_Laundry]

The chances he's laying somewhere where something gross or awful happened is statistically pretty high, even if not supernatural.

[u/meisteronimo → u/Industrial_Laundry]

Its like a cathedral, but before we kept history.

[u/HikeyBoi → u/Industrial_Laundry]

Is the shape or the age or the unfamiliarity or something else that gives you this feeling?

[u/No_Analyst650]

Where in the world is this and is there any civilization associated with such things in said region.

[u/stoicallyinclined → u/No_Analyst650]

Saudi

[u/MiskoSkace]

A bunch of prehistoric dudes were bored.

[u/Usedcumsocks]

Mother Earth's areola

[u/RedPandaReturns → u/Usedcumsocks]

Space Tiddy

[u/CakeMadeOfHam → u/Usedcumsocks]

And because of global warming it won't never get hard god damn you big oil!!!

[u/merrimoth]

its crazy how perfect they look geometrically

[u/mrswashbuckler → u/merrimoth]

Put stick in ground, tie string to stick, place rocks where string ends as you walk around the stick. Perfect circle every time

[u/QuipCrafter → u/merrimoth]

Because circles are the easiest. Get a bunch of some kind of braided cordage, weigh/stick it in the center (or have another just hold it. and mark off that distance every direction, keep adding more. It wouldn’t take long at all to have a perfect circle and it’s just intuitive for a human mind. Their brains were at the same biological developmental stage as ours today. 

[u/Ghost-of-Bill-Cosby]

We know who did this…..

[u/FacelessGreenseer → u/Ghost-of-Bill-Cosby]

The White Walkers?

[u/Jules385 → u/Ghost-of-Bill-Cosby]

✋🧑🏽‍🦱🤚

[u/ZongMeHoff → u/Jules385]

Don't flatter yourself

[u/Jules385 → u/ZongMeHoff]

Aliens

[u/FearCure → u/Ghost-of-Bill-Cosby]

Some poor slaves had to toil in desert sun - carrying and arranging rocks to make circle thingy to appease the master's gods

[u/trele-morele → u/FearCure]

It wasn't a desert back then, middle east used to be much greener in the past:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile_Crescent

[u/SanguineSoul013 → u/[deleted]]

Which one?

[u/jawbreakerzs → u/SanguineSoul013]

Mormon jesus

[u/secretjammer21]

Looks like the eyes of a chameleon

[u/oscillationripple → u/secretjammer21]

Desert loving in your eyes all the way

[u/Gnarlemance]

thats ring worm.

[u/EanmundsAvenger]

Wow they knew what a circle was back then? Amazing! I thought we invented circles recently

[u/the_m_o_a_k → u/EanmundsAvenger]

They discovered circles as soon as they tied a slave to a stake.

[u/PreparationPossible2 → u/EanmundsAvenger]

Aliens told us what circles are. No way we could figure that out on our own.

[u/rk_crown → u/EanmundsAvenger]

That’s what I was thinking about carrying things. I grew up thinking that was invented in modern times

[u/Govermentofworld]

Location?

[u/Ill_Sector_8254 → u/Govermentofworld]

Not sure, but I think it's here: 21°06′53″N 11°23′39″W

[u/stoicallyinclined → u/Ill_Sector_8254]

I thought this was in Saudi

[u/Gotifod → u/Ill_Sector_8254]

Bro this thing has 10 km radius doesn't look like one in the video

[u/sillygitau → u/Ill_Sector_8254]

That looks like a meteor impact doesn’t it?

[u/Phreak3 → u/Govermentofworld]

This particular one was found by another comment, 18°45'32.2"N+41°31'46.7"E I found different ones that are shaped like triangles, 25°51'09.9"N+39°18'46.3"E

[u/1BigBoy]

«This seems like a great place to build a Wal-Mart»

[u/half-baked_axx → u/1BigBoy]

Dollar General

[u/DismalClaire30]

Definitely boobs right?

[u/DaZozz]

I don't think I'd be laying there...

[u/VanGoghXman]

Didn’t even notice that was a dude in the middle the first time.

[u/CorsaLevarius]

I did a reverse image search and found this location... I assume the camera icon marks the spot. https://x.com/shroq_hali/status/1531933928378052609

[u/Phreak3 → u/CorsaLevarius]

You're actually right, I found it close to that location. I tried looking for it before, but from what I've read, there are an estimated 20,000 of them, in different shapes and sizes, scattered all across the peninsula. So I thought I shouldn't really bother to look for it.

[u/MurkyCoyote6682]

What does prehistoric mean tho? Something before humans started noting down history?

[u/Phreak3 → u/MurkyCoyote6682]

Exactly, that's why we really don't know much about it. Why they built more than 20,000 of them in different sizes and shapes is speculation. Animal sacrifices and engravings of animals that we wouldn't expect to be there were found, which suggests the climate was very different at the time, beyond that, we have very little else, so all we have are conjectures. Writing was invented between 3400 and 3300 BCE, while these structures date back to around 7000 BCE.

[u/MurkyCoyote6682 → u/Phreak3]

😲

[u/Major-Click-]

Imagine if the drone fell back down on him

[u/KyCerealKiller]

Meteor impact caused this

[u/Trollimperator]

that looks less like a structure and more like a seismic event

[u/THISdarnguy]

It was ancient aliens!

(No, I don't believe that, but it's the first thing you hear people say about things like this)

[u/sik_dik]

this is where earth milk comes from

[u/Gotifod → u/sik_dik]

So after all these are boobies

[u/ImaReallyFungi]

Earth nip

[u/rohnoitsrutroh]

Full metal alchemist intensifies

[u/THISdarnguy → u/rohnoitsrutroh]

Well, I upvoted that, fuck these squares!

[u/weasel_mullet]

So what exactly about this tells geologists/archeologists that this is man made and not something like an impact crater?

I understand concentric circles seem very deliberate, but could a pattern like that also be caused by different layers in the earth's surface being blasted outward or something like that?

[u/No-Question-9032 → u/weasel_mullet]

Wat are you smoking?

[u/weasel_mullet → u/No-Question-9032]

Only the best. But what does that have to do with a genuine question?

BTW, I love how honest questions get down voted into oblivion. Y'all are a bunch of troglodytes.

[u/Phreak3 → u/weasel_mullet]

There are over 20,000 of them, with some having chambers for animal sacrifices. They come in different shapes triangles, circles, and rectangular ones. Some are linked up to smaller circular structures, carvings depicting animals in the same areas from the same time period, so it's obviously man made.

[u/weasel_mullet → u/Phreak3]

Thanks for taking the time to actually answer my question instead of just downvoting it. That's pretty amazing!

[u/Phreak3 → u/weasel_mullet]

You're welcome. Strangely enough, some of the structures are actually very close to impact craters and volcanic craters, so they might have drawn some kind of inspiration from them. It's all speculation, but I see the similarities.