Move Over, Pyramids and Stonehenge: Saudi Stone Structures are Far Older

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Move Over, Pyramids and Stonehenge: Saudi Stone Structures are Far Older

NEFUD DESERT, Saudi Arabia - A large group of mysterious, rectangular-shaped stone structures in the northwest Saudi Arabia are far older than the Egyptian pyramids ...

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