Editing Camel (section)

===Cultural depictions===
What may be the oldest carvings of camels were discovered in 2018 in Saudi Arabia. They were analysed by researchers from several scientific disciplines and, in 2021, were estimated to be 7,000 to 8,000 years old.<ref>''[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58570259 Saudi Arabia camel carvings dated to prehistoric era] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101210500/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58570259 |date=2022-11-01 }}'', BBC, September 15, 2021</ref> The dating of [[rock art]] is made difficult by the lack of organic material in the carvings that may be tested, so the researchers attempting to date them tested animal bones found associated with the carvings, assessed erosion patterns, and analysed tool marks in order to determine a correct date for the creation of the sculptures. This [[Neolithic]] dating would make the carvings significantly older than Stonehenge (5,000 years old) and the Egyptian pyramids at Giza (4,500 years old) and it predates estimates for the domestication of camels.

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File:Shadda (detail), Karabagh region, southwest Caucasus.jpeg|Shadda (cover,detail), Karabagh region, southwest Caucasus, early 19th century
File:Vessel in the Form of a Recumbent Camel with Jugs, 2015.65.15.jpg|Vessel in the form of a recumbent camel with jugs, 250 BC – 224 AD, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
File:Brooklyn Museum - Maru Ragini (Dhola and Maru riding on a Camel).jpg|''Maru Ragini'' (''Dhola and Maru Riding on a Camel)'', c. 1750, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
File:Brooklyn Museum - The Magi Journeying (Les rois mages en voyage) - James Tissot - overall.jpg|''The Magi Journeying'' (''Les rois mages en voyage'')—James Tissot, c. 1886, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
File:KiplingCamel3.gif|''How the Camel Got His Hump'' (From [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[Just So Stories]]'')
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