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    Desert kites (Arabic: مصائد صحراوية, romanized: maṣāʾid ṣaḥrāwiyya, lit. 'desert traps') are dry stone wall structures found in Southwest Asia (Middle...
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  • up kite, Kite, or kitę in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces. Kite or...
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  • extent and in what form the avenues predate this modern use. Carahunge Desert kite Funzie Girt, an ancient dividing wall that runs for over 4 km (2.5 mi)...
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    Researchers have studied hundreds of large stone structures nicknamed "desert kites" and "gates", but their exact purpose and function is still unknown....
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  • settled between Havilah and Shur, were ancestors of Arabs. Mustatil Desert kite Harrat Khaybar Mahd adh Dhahab Al-Ula Hegra (Mada'in Salih) Keane, Augustus...
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    inukshuk, an upright monolith slab, a medicine wheel, a fire pit, a desert kite, sculpted boulders, or simply rocks lined up or stacked for various reasons...
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    Bison hunting Constant Battles: Why we fight Game drive system Petroform Desert kite A Buffalo Jump Archived November 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Discovering...
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    except for the Congo Basin and the Sahara Desert. There have been some suggestions that the black-eared kite (M. m. lineatus) should be elevated to full...
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  • Inscriptions Columns of Rajajil 6,000 years old pillars carved from sandstone Desert kite Dhat al-Hajj Dosariyah Dumat al-Jandal Dumat al-Jandal Wall Gerrha Hegra...
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    that rhinoceros were hunted in Yunnan using pit traps. Animal trapping Desert kite Pitfall trap Punji sticks Trou de loup NIKU Tema 7: På vandring i fortiden...
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  • one of the oldest-known large-scale ritual landscapes in the world. Desert kite Havilah Sawal, Ibrahim (30 April 2021). "Arabian cult may have built...
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    Transat des Sables and Gobi Kite Buggy Challenge, or the Mad way south Sahara challenge, a 2200 km attempt to cross the desert. "Miniyachts" are small land...
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    the Oosterschelde near Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands (aerial view) Desert kite Fish screen Mnjikaning Fish Weirs Tailrace fishing Weir "Fishgarth"....
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    Advantour. Retrieved 16 August 2016. Media related to Ustyurt at Wikimedia Commons Hundreds of desert kites in the Ustyurt. Nat. Geographic v t e v t e...
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    The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana...
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    repeatedly used over many years. Examples include buffalo jumps and desert kites. In the Rocky Mountain National Park, for instance, there are archeological...
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    to 60+ mph across parking lots, desert dry lakes, grassy fields, and sandy beaches. Four-line, steerable para-foil kites are used as the power source. Typically...
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  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian road comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows two drag...
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    6000 BCE Fragment of Samarra pottery. Samarra bowl, circa 4000 BCE Desert Kites Hassuna culture History of Mesopotamia Blackham, Mark (1996). "Further...
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    The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely-related Australian species of the...
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  • The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf...
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    The black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris), also known as the Australian black-shouldered kite, is a small raptor found in open habitats throughout...
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    Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He won the U.S. Open in 1992 and spent 175...
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    Some 6,000 years ago, they were captured and killed with the help of desert kites. Rock art found in Jordan suggests that it was slaughtered ritually....
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    Selappayu in Akkadian records, and a clue to their origin is their use of desert kites and game traps, first attested to in around 7,000 BCE, which makes them...
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    The Desert of Wales, or Green Desert of Wales, is an archaic term for an area in central Wales, so called for its lack of roads and towns, and its inaccessibility...
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    Red Sea coast. Desert kites Jawa, Jordan, Early Bronze Age proto-urban settlement Qasr al-Azraq and Qasr 'Ain es-Sil, ancient desert castles in the Azraq...
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  • tournament was held in Arizona at the Cochise Golf Course of the Golf Club at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale. In 2002, it was held at the Prospector Course of...
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    The letter-winged kite (Elanus scriptus) is a small, rare and irruptive bird of prey that is found only in Australia. Measuring around 35 cm (14 in) in...
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    Haliastur (category Kites (birds))
    the Great Sand Desert. the Nullarbor Desert, the Great Victoria Desert, and the Gibson Desert. The distribution area of the Brahminy kite includes large...
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