ʻO ka pōhaku nui, aia ma Saudi Arabia, ua māhele ʻia i ka hapalua me ka pololei loa a loaʻa iā ia nā hōʻailona hoihoi i hōʻike ʻia ma luna o kona ʻili, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻomau nā pōhaku ʻelua i ke kū ʻana, kūpono ke kaulike, no nā kenekulia. Hoʻokipa kēia hale pōhaku kahiko i nā tausani o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hele mai ana i Al-Naslaa e nānā i kona hemolele a me ke kaulike, a hoʻopuka i kekahi mau manaʻo e ho'āʻo nei e wehewehe i kona kumu.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka megalith e Charles Huver i ka makahiki 1883; a mai ia manawa mai, ua lilo ia i mea hoopaapaa ma waena o ka poe akamai, ka poe i puana mai i na manao hoihoi no kona kumu. Aia ka pōhaku i ke kaulike kūpono, kākoʻo ʻia e nā kumu ʻelua, a ʻo nā mea āpau e hōʻike ana i kekahi manawa, ua hana ʻia paha me nā mea hana pololei loa - ma mua o kona manawa. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻike archaeological hou i noho ʻia ka ʻāina kahi i kū ai ka pōhaku mai ka Bronze Age, mai 3000 BC a 1200 BC
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻolaha ka Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pōhaku ʻē aʻe kokoke i Tayma, me kahi palapala hieroglyphic o ka pharaoh Ramses III. Ma muli o kēia ʻike ʻana, ua kuhi ka poʻe noiʻi he ʻāpana paha ʻo Tayma i kahi ala ʻāina koʻikoʻi ma waena o ke kahakai o ke Kaiʻula a me ke awāwa ʻo Nile.
Hōʻike kekahi mau kānaka noiʻi i nā wehewehe kūlohelohe no ka ʻoki pohihihi. ʻO kekahi o nā mea i ʻae ʻia he neʻe iki ka papahele ma lalo o kekahi o nā kākoʻo ʻelua a haki ka pōhaku. ʻO kekahi kuhiakau ʻo ia no kahi pele lua pele, a mai kekahi mau mineral nāwaliwali paha, i ʻākoakoa.
Manaʻo kekahi he hiki i ke kahamaha kaomi kahiko i hoʻokau ʻia i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole he laina hewa kahiko paha ia mai ka hana ʻana o ka hewa i kahi ʻāpana pōhaku nāwaliwali e hemo ana ma mua o ka pōhaku e pili ana.
Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he liʻiliʻi wale nō i waena o nā manaʻo hoihoi. ʻO ka mea maopopo, ʻo kēia ʻoki kikoʻī loa, ka māhele ʻana i nā pōhaku ʻelua, ua hāpai mau i nā nīnau ʻoi aku ma mua o nā pane.
Wahi a nā hōʻike, ʻike ʻia ka ʻōlelo kahiko loa o ke kūlanakauhale ʻoasis ʻo "Tiamat", i nā kākau Asuria mai ka makahiki 8th BC, i ka manawa i lilo ai ka oasis i kūlanakauhale nui, waiwai i nā luawai wai a me nā hale nani.
Ua ʻike pū kekahi nā kānaka ʻimi lākiō i nā palapala cuneiform, e hoʻomaka paha mai ka 6 kenekulia BC i ke kūlanakauhale ʻoasis. ʻO ka mea hoihoi i kēia manawa, ua hoʻi aku ke aliʻi Babulona ʻo Nabonidus i Tayma no ka hoʻomana ʻana a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wānana, e hāʻawi ana i ke aupuni o Babulona i kāna keiki, ʻo Belshazzar.
He waiwai nō hoʻi ka ʻāina i ka mōʻaukala, i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia i loko o ke Kauoha Kahiko, ma lalo o ka inoa Baibala o Tema, kekahi o nā keiki kāne a Isemaela.
