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You never know where a town might pop up — even if it was established, and later abandoned, during the Bronze Age. The remains of a town being dubbed al-Natah was recently discovered in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia. al-Natah was built around 2,400 BC and home to about 500 residents. It lasted 1,000 years, but no one knows why it was abandoned. There’s more from npub1h72a0jgfvgfcy3wj5f67j3ugjkn7gapcwy0q8kx9ks95fptw7y4sf2z3d9 (npub1h72…z3d9): https://flip.it/y9KClc
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