Some of the world’s first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels and bulls, suggests a new analysis on tiny models of these carts.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/26/wheeled-vehicle-camel.html
Editorial note: The almost unanimous opinion of Biblical scholars is that mention of domesticated camels in the Patriarchal narratives (Gn 12:16; 24:10; 30:43) constitutes an anachronism. Camels, they say, were not domesticated until late in the second millennium BC, centuries after the Patriarchs were supposed to have lived. Yet evidence continues to amass that camel domestication was widely known earlier. The following articles provide data to show the skeptics are incorrect.
- Patriarchal Wealth and Early Domestication of the Camel
- Bronze Age Camel Petroglyphs In The Wadi Nasib, Sinai