Ilitye elikhulu, elihlala eSaudi Arabia, lahlulwe ngesiqingatha ngokuchaneka okugqithisileyo kwaye lineesimboli ezinomdla eziboniswe kumphezulu walo, ukongeza, amatye amabini ahlukeneyo akwazi ukuhlala emile, elungelelene ngokugqibeleleyo, kangangeenkulungwane. Esi sakhiwo samatye samandulo samandulo sitsala amawaka abakhenkethi minyaka le, abeza e-Al-Naslaa ukuze bajonge ukugqibelela kunye nokulinganisela, kwaye baveze iithiyori ezininzi ezizama ukuchaza imvelaphi yayo.
I-megalith yafunyanwa nguCharles Huver ngo-1883; yaye ukususela ngoko, ibingumbandela wengxoxo phakathi kweengcali, ezinezimvo ezibangel’ umdla ngemvelaphi yayo. Ilitye likwi-balance balance, lixhaswa ziziseko ezibini, kwaye yonke into ibonisa ukuba ngaxa lithile, inokuba isetyenzwe ngezixhobo ezichane kakhulu ― phambi kwexesha layo. Ukufunyanwa kwezinto zakudala zamva nje kubonisa ukuba ummandla apho ilitye lihlala khona ukusukela kwiBronze Age, esukela kwi-3000 BC ukuya kwi-1200 BC.
Kwi-2010, iKomishoni yaseSaudi yezoKhenketho kunye neLifa leSizwe yazisa ukufunyanwa kwelinye ilitye kufuphi neTayma, kunye nombhalo we-hieroglyphic kaFaro Ramses III. Ngokusekwe kolu phando, abaphandi bacinga ukuba iTayma yayinokuba yinxalenye yendlela ebalulekileyo yomhlaba phakathi konxweme loLwandle oluBomvu kunye neNtlambo yeNayile.
Abanye abaphandi bacebisa iinkcazo zendalo malunga nokusikwa okungaqondakaliyo. Enye yezona zinto zivunyiweyo kukuba umgangatho wawuya kuhamba kancinane ngaphantsi kwesinye sezixhaso ezimbini kwaye ilitye liya kwaphuka. Enye ingqikelelo yeyokuba inokuba ivela kwidike yentaba-mlilo, okanye kwiminerali ebuthathaka, eye yaqina.
Abanye bakholelwa ukuba inokuba yintlupheko endala yoxinzelelo eyatyhalelwa kwelinye, okanye inokuba ngumgca wempazamo endala kuba intshukumo yempazamo idala indawo ebuthathaka yamatye ekhukuliseka ngokulula kunelitye elijikelezileyo.
Kodwa ke, ezo, zimbalwa nje kwiithiyori ezininzi ezibangela umdla. Into eqinisekileyo kukuba oku kusikwa kuchaneke kakhulu, ukwahlula amatye amabini, bekusoloko kuphakamisa imibuzo emininzi kuneempendulo.
Ngokweengxelo, ukukhankanywa okudala kakhulu kwesixeko se-oasis kubonakala njenge "Tiamat", kwimibhalo yaseAsiriya evela kwi-8th yenkulungwane ye-BC, xa i-oasis yajika yaba sisixeko esicebileyo, esinemithombo yamanzi kunye nezakhiwo ezintle.
Abembi bezinto zakudala baye bafumanisa imibhalo ebhalwe ngoonobumba abatsobhileyo, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yaqala ngenkulungwane yesi-6 BC kwisixeko se-oasis. Okubangel’ umdla ngeli xesha kukuba, ukumkani waseBhabhiloni uNabonidus warhoxa waya eTayma ukuze anqule waza wafuna iziprofeto, ephathisa unyana wakhe, uBheleshatsare ulawulo lwaseBhabhiloni.
Lo mmandla ukwatyebile kwimbali, ukhankanywa izihlandlo ezininzi kwiTestamente eNdala, phantsi kwegama lebhayibhile likaTema, omnye woonyana bakaIshmayeli.
