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<< Our Photo Pages >> al-Sufouh - Chambered Cairn in United Arab Emirates

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 05 August 2006  Page Views: 6963

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: al-Sufouh
Country: United Arab Emirates
NOTE: This site is 9.498 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Dubai  Nearest Village: al-Sufouh
Latitude: 25.129394N  Longitude: 55.260177E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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al-Sufouh submitted by DrewParsons : Pottery from Al Sufouh:3rd millennia BC, now in Dubai Museum (Al Fahidi Fort) Photographed at the museum in October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in United Arab Emirates

Circular Umm al-Nar-type tomb of about 8 Meter in diameter with good masoned walls just south of Dubai in al-Sufouh Suburb. Most of the bodies were cremated before the bones were thrown into 4 pits.
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al-Sufouh
al-Sufouh submitted by DrewParsons : Pottery from Al Sufouh:3rd millennia BC, now in Dubai Museum (Al Fahidi Fort) Photographed at the museum in October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

al-Sufouh
al-Sufouh submitted by DrewParsons : Flint scraper from Al Sufouh:3rd millennia BC, now in Dubai Museum (Al Fahidi Fort) Photographed at the museum in October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

al-Sufouh
al-Sufouh submitted by DrewParsons : Cylinder seal from Al Sufouh:3rd millennia BC, now in Dubai Museum (Al Fahidi Fort) Photographed at the museum in October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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