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# How Farmers of Ancient Qatar Painted Pebbles to Protect Crops from Spirits
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/fermery-drevnego-katara-bolshuiu-chast-zimy-tratili-na-raskrashivanie-kistiami-iz-loshadinoi-shersti-kamushkov-kotorye-oni-seiali-vesnoi-vmeste-s-zerno/
- Published: 2018-07-05T18:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:57:18.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Faith, The East, Ethnography

The farmers of ancient Qatar spent most of the winter painting pebbles with horsehair brushes, which they sowed in spring together with the grain. The intricately decorated pebbles were meant to scare off greedy spirits that spoil the seed