Idwala elikhulu, elitholakala eSaudi Arabia, lihlukaniswe ngesigamu ngokunemba okwedlulele futhi linezimpawu ezifuna ukwazi ezivezwe ebusweni balo, ngaphezu kwalokho, amatshe amabili ahlukene akwazi ukuhlala emile, elinganisela ngokuphelele, amakhulu eminyaka. Lesi sakhiwo samatshe sasendulo esimangalisayo siheha izinkulungwane zezivakashi minyaka yonke, abeza e-Al-Naslaa ukuze babone ukuphelela nokulinganisela, futhi baveze imibono eminingana ezama ukuchaza umsuka waso.
I-megalith yatholwa nguCharles Huver ngo-1883; futhi kusukela lapho, bekulokhu kuyimpikiswano phakathi kochwepheshe, abanemibono ethakazelisayo ngomsuka wayo. Itshe lilingana kahle, lisekelwa izisekelo ezimbili, futhi yonke into ikhombisa ukuthi esikhathini esithile, kungenzeka ukuthi lase lisetshenziswe ngamathuluzi anembe kakhulu ― ngaphambi kwesikhathi salo. Okutholwe kamuva nje kwemivubukulo kubonisa ukuthi isifunda lapho idwala litholakala khona kusukela ngeNkathi Ye-Bronze, eyaqala ngo-3000 BC kuya ku-1200 BC.
Ngo-2010, iSaudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage yamemezela ukutholakala kwelinye idwala eduze kwaseTayma, elinombhalo we-hieroglyphic kaFaro Ramses III. Ngokusekelwe kulokhu kutholakala, abacwaningi bacabanga ukuthi i-Tayma kungenzeka ukuthi yayiyingxenye yomzila obalulekile ophakathi koLwandle Olubomvu kanye neNayile Valley.
Abanye abacwaningi basikisela izincazelo zemvelo zokusika okuyindida. Okunye okwamukelwa kakhulu ukuthi phansi bekuyobe kuhamba kancane ngaphansi kwesinye sezisekeli ezimbili futhi idwala belizophuka. Enye inkolelo-mbono ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi isuka kudike lwentaba-mlilo, noma kumaminerali athile abuthakathaka, aqinile.
Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi kungaba umsele omdala wokucindezela odudulelwe komunye, noma kungaba umugqa wamaphutha wakudala ngoba ukunyakaza kwamaphutha kuvame ukudala indawo yamadwala ebuthakathaka eqeda kalula kunedwala eliseduze.
Kodwa lokho, yiqiniso, kumane kuyingcosana phakathi kwemibono eminingi ethakazelisayo. Okuqinisekileyo ukuthi lokhu kusikwa okunembe ngokwedlulele, okuhlukanisa amatshe amabili, bekulokhu kuphakamisa imibuzo eminingi kunezimpendulo.
Ngokwemibiko, igama elidala kunazo zonke elalikhuluma ngedolobha lase-oasis livela njenge- "Tiamat", emibhalweni yase-Asiriya eyadlula ngekhulu lesi-8 BC, lapho i-oasis yaphenduka idolobha elichumayo, elinothe ngemithombo yamanzi nezakhiwo ezinhle.
Abavubukuli bathole nemibhalo eqoshiwe ye-cuneiform, okungenzeka ukuthi ivela ngekhulu lesi-6 BC edolobheni lase-oasis. Kuyathakazelisa ngalesi sikhathi, inkosi yaseBabiloni uNabonidus washiya umhlalaphansi eTayma ukuze akhulekele futhi afune iziprofetho, anikeze ukubusa kweBabiloni endodaneni yakhe, uBelishasari.
Lesi sifunda sibuye sicebe ngomlando, kukhulunywa ngaso kaningana kwiTestamente Elidala, ngaphansi kwegama laseBhayibhelini likaTema, omunye wamadodana ka-Ishmayeli.
