Anything is possible in Dhofar, even an Egyptian journalist, a British soldier and a line of Iron Age rock arrangements no one has figured out yet. First observed by Western explorers only in the late 19th century, you might stumble upon them anywhere between northern Yemen, Socotra and the southern corners of Oman.
It is tangled green on the other side of the mountain, where what will become the Indian monsoon passes over on its way to the subcontinent. But nothing makes it here, nothing except for stones stuck in a ground so foul only a frankincense tree would love it.
Typically arranged in groups of three standing facing each other, in lines that sometime stretch up to 500m over the desert, they are accompanied by stone pits full of pebbles and ash. Ancient funeral rite site? Shawarma monument? No one knows, and no one cares, because the problem with the triliths is that they’re on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of religion and definitely the wrong side of the mountain.
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More surprises in stock. Though nothing should surprise us anymore when reading Pinaki or looking at Pinaki’s photos, each telling a story. Trilith, yet another word from back home, “back” meaning… 3,000 years back, when ancient Greece was making civilization and language. I’m very intrigued by these Dhofari triliths, wondering what they are, really… Hmmm…And what a landscape! Keep taking us on these awesome trips, Pinaki! Mabrook!
There are some triliths in Jalan (Sharqiyah).
Trilith? Sounds like someone had a bad lisp 3000 years ago!
And the two men are triliths fillers… By the way, one of them I know, I did a nice walk with him and while peting me, he told me that his sister lives in Switzerland. Maybe she has there some triliths as well??
hey pinaki, i’m an airman not a soldier!
oops, sorry. but a soldier sounded better. i’ll make you an airman in the next one, promise!