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Jérémie Schiettecatte et al., « The Horse in Arabia and the Arabian Horse: Origins, Myths and Realities », Arabian Humanities, ID : 10.4000/cy.3280
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Publishing an issue devoted to the horse in Arabia and in Arabian culture stems from the discovery of equid statues on the Neolithic site of al‑Maqar (Saudi Arabia) in 2010. This discovery was prematurely presented as the earliest testimony of horse breeding and horse riding. It was dated to 7,300–6,700 BC —i.e. 3,500 years before the first evidence of horse domestication known so far. It has stirred up controversy about the ongoing issue of horse domestication, against a background of ideol...