Researchers have identified engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history. An international team of researchers including the University of Freiburg ...

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(CNN) — Archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia and Jordan say they have discovered the oldest known architectural plans. The “extremely precise depictions” engraved on stone slabs detail huge ...

Although human constructions have modified natural spaces for millennia, few plans or maps predate the period of the literate civilizations of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Researchers from the ...

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