12/2025 Talk by Dr. Laura Strolin at the 58th Seminar for Arabian Studies in Abu Dhabi

On December 12th, Dr. Laura Strolin delivered a presentation on faunal remains from a Neolithic ritual site in the region of AlUla (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) at the 58th Seminar for Arabian Studies in Abu Dhabi (UAE). Titled "When Animals Became Ritual Objects: Evidence from Neolithic North-West Arabia" (L. Strolin, J. Studer, S. Vanin, W. Abu-Azizeh, S. Alahmari, and G. Carta), the talk presented the results of an interdisciplinary study conducted in collaboration between specialists of the Museum of Natural History of Geneva (Switzerland), the University of Genoa (Italy), the University Lumière Lyon 2 (France) and the Royal Commission for AlUla (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).