The Jebel Sahaba victims are considered evidence of the world's oldest-known large-scale armed human conflict.
Sources
- The Skeletons of Jebel Sahaba - Archaeology Magazine (archaeology.org)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01983-4 (nature.com)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jebel-sahaba-cemetery-oldest-evidence-warfare-180977296/ (smithsonianmag.com)
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