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Site WatchSite Name: Ras Al Khaimah TombsCountry: United Arab Emirates Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Ras Al Khaimah
Latitude: 25.799000N Longitude: 55.975000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The tombs date from the Wadi Suq period, from 2000 to 1600BC. Three tombs will be destroyed by the 32-kilometre RAK Ring Road that will bypass the city. Three of 60 tombs will be destroyed to make way for a new ring road but scores of other tombs scattered along the base of the Hajjar mountains will be preserved.
The excavation and study, by six archaeologists from the University of Durham and the RAK Antiquities Department, was ordered by Sheikh Saud bin Saqr, the current Ruler.
The location given is for the city itself and does not reflect the location of any one tomb site.
Source: www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news.
Note: Archaeologists make last ditch attempt to rescue remains of pre-historic tombs in UAE.
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