Visualizing the estimated timeline of early human migration. Published in A walk through Time. TEST 2
Jeff Blossom
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
Somehow we had missed this 100-mile mark — had walked right past it. We had other things on our minds. Banounah was in pain. We were walking him to the hospital in Yanbu. Then we backtracked by car and it seemed an alien world. Not the walked one. The land was out of context. Lonelier. More aggressive, hostile. The hot sandpapery wind. The endless shining plain. The salt sun overhead. It was like a word you could almost, but not quite, remember.
A wraparound soundscape at this Milestone
This Milestone’s location on a map
Photos of the ground under Paul’s feet and the sky above at this Milestone
A brief question and answer with the first person Paul meets at this Milestone
Nasser al Ghamni
Assistant to the governor of Rabigh, Age 28
Who are you?
I am Nasser al Ghamni, of the sheik’s family of the Harbi tribe.
Where do you come from?
Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.
Where are we going?
I am going forward in my life, in my job. I want to get married and have a family.
A video showing the landscape around this Milestone
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