Question

Lengthy stone walls that prehistoric desert-dwellers used to trap gazelles are named for their resemblance to these objects. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these objects that the Egyptians used to lift obelisks according to an eccentric theory. In actual history, the “box” type of these flying objects were made from silk in ancient China.
ANSWER: kites [accept box kites; or fēngzhēng; prompt on aircraft; prompt on toys]
[10m] Stick figures drive gazelles into desert kites in carvings from this country’s harra biome. The plaster ʿAin Ghazal statues are from this country, where a culture built Al-Khazneh as a mausoleum.
ANSWER: Jordan [or Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; or al-ʾUrdunn; or Al-Mamlakah Al-’Urdunniyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah] (Al-Khazneh is sometimes called “The Treasury” and was built by the Nabateans of Petra.)
[10h] Hunting gazelles was a major pursuit of this culture, which buried gazelle horns, tortoise shells, and a human foot in a 12,000-year-old grave of a “shamaness.” Dorothy Garrod discovered this culture in the Judaean Hills.
ANSWER: Natufian culture
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