Talk:Harrat Khaybar

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Did you know... that researchers used Google Earth to study mysterious Neolithic structures in the volcanic fields of Harrat Khaybar (pictured)?

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I am creating this talk page because it had not existed --Av9 (talk) 15:13, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 04:24, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Satellite image of Harrat Khaybar

... that researchers used Google Earth to study mysterious Neolithic structures in the volcanic fields of Harrat Khaybar (pictured)? Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-earth-leads-discovery-400-stone-gates-saudi-arabia-180965364/ (With the help of Google Earth, researchers examining the deserts of Saudi Arabia have found around 400 unreported stone structures in the Arabian Desert, likely built by nomadic tribes thousands of years ago. [...] Most of them were found in clusters in Harrat Khaybar, a region in west-central Saudia Arabia known for its now-extinct volcanic domes. The researchers aren’t sure exactly how old the structures are or what their purpose may have been.) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/science/saudi-arabia-gates.html (Many of the stone figures in both countries are in basalt fields known as harrats. The fields often feature dried up lava streams that twist and turn like slithering snakes across the dark landscape.)
- ALT1: ... that the tallest mountain in Saudi Arabia is surrounded by volcanic fields (pictured)? Source: https://www.arabnews.com/node/399444
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St. James AME Zion Church (Ithaca, New York)

5x expanded by BuySomeApples (talk). Self-nominated at 00:48, 15 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: If the picture is included, "(pictured)" should be added to the hook. Otherwise it looks great! –Ploni (talk) 16:50, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

List of sources if anyone ever wants to bring this up to FA/Ga status. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding this! I might try to get this up to GA status once I'm done with Finn the Human, but I don't want to bite off more than I can chew right now. BuySomeApples (talk) 04:41, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]