
KAUST scientists have used deep learning algorithms to accelerate the examination of thousands of years old, giant, stone rectangles in the Saudi desert.
“An international study showed that the huge, mysterious stone structures known as ‘Mustatil’ (Arab word for ‘Rectangle’) in northwestern Saudi Arabia, are among the oldest archeological ruins in the world,” Saudi Minister of Culture, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, said in a tweet in 2021.