Thanthwe lalikulu, lomwe lili ku Saudi Arabia, limagawidwa pakati ndi kulondola kwambiri ndipo lili ndi zizindikiro zochititsa chidwi zomwe zikuwonetsedwa pamwamba pake, komanso miyala iwiri yogawidwayo inatha kuima, yolinganizidwa bwino, kwa zaka zambiri. Mwala wakale wodabwitsawu umakopa alendo masauzande ambiri chaka chilichonse, omwe amabwera ku Al-Naslaa kudzawona ungwiro wake komanso kukhazikika kwake, ndikuyika malingaliro angapo omwe akuyesera kufotokoza komwe adachokera.
Megalith inapezedwa ndi Charles Huver mu 1883; ndipo kuyambira pamenepo, yakhala nkhani yotsutsana pakati pa akatswiri, amene ali ndi malingaliro ochititsa chidwi ponena za chiyambi chake. Mwalawu umakhala wabwinobwino, wothandizidwa ndi maziko awiri, ndipo chilichonse chikuwonetsa kuti nthawi ina, mwina udagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zida zolondola kwambiri ― isanakwane. Zomwe akatswiri ofukula zakale apeza posachedwa zikuwonetsa kuti dera lomwe mwalawu ulili kudali anthu kuyambira nthawi ya Bronze Age, kuyambira 3000 BC mpaka 1200 BC.
Mu 2010, bungwe la Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage linalengeza kuti anapeza thanthwe lina pafupi ndi Tayma, lomwe linali ndi zolemba za farao Ramses III. Kutengera zomwe zapezedwazi, ofufuzawo adaganiza kuti Tayma atha kukhala gawo la njira yofunika kwambiri yapamtunda pakati pa gombe la Nyanja Yofiira ndi Chigwa cha Nile.
Ofufuza ena amati mafotokozedwe achilengedwe am'madulidwe odabwitsawa. Chimodzi mwazovomerezeka kwambiri ndikuti pansi pakhoza kusunthira pang'ono pansi pa imodzi mwazowonjezera ziwiri ndipo mwalawo ukadatha. Lingaliro lina ndiloti litha kukhala kuchokera pachiphalaphala chamoto, kapena kuchokera ku mchere wofooka, womwe walimba.
Ena amakhulupirira kuti itha kukhala kachikale kokakamiza komwe kanakankhidwira kwina, kapena kuti ikhoza kukhala cholakwika chakale popeza mayendedwe olakwika nthawi zambiri amapanga miyala yofooka yomwe imasweka mosavuta kuposa thanthwe loyandikana nalo.
Koma zimenezi, ndithudi, ndi zochepa chabe mwa ziphunzitso zambiri zochititsa chidwi. Chotsimikizika ndichakuti kudula molondola kwambiri, kugawa miyala iwiriyi, nthawi zonse kwadzetsa mafunso ambiri kuposa mayankho.
Malinga ndi malipoti, kutchulidwa kwakale kwambiri kwa mzinda wamatope kumawoneka ngati "Tiamat", m'malemba a Asuri a m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu BC, pomwe nyanjayi idasandulika mzinda wopambana, wokhala ndi zitsime zamadzi komanso nyumba zokongola.
Akatswiri ofufuza zinthu zakale apezanso zolembedwa za cuneiform, mwina kuyambira m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chimodzi BC mumzinda wa oasis. Chochititsa chidwi panthawiyi, mfumu ya ku Babulo Nabonidus adapuma pantchito ku Tayma kuti akapembedze ndikufufuza maulosi, ndikupatsa ulamuliro wa Babulo kwa mwana wake, Belisazara.
Derali lilinso ndi mbiri yakale, lotchulidwapo kangapo mu Chipangano Chakale, pansi pa dzina la m'Baibulo la Tema, m'modzi mwa ana a Ismayeli.
