Megalithic Portal: Latest from United Arab Emirates

Umm al-Quwain 2

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:37:25 GMT

]]>Oldest pearl aged 7,500 years found in the UAE. Ancient Settlement in UAE. The earliest settlements in Umm Al Quwain are more than 7,000 years old. Traces of these ancient communities are still discernible in Al-Dour, near Umm Al Quwain. Located roughly where the town of Umm Al Quwain is now, it is considered the largest pre-Islamic site on the Persian Gulf coast.

Al-Buhais 18

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:19:43 GMT

. Al-Buhais 18 is a Neolithic site in the United Arab Emirates. It consists of a graveyard with more than 420 individuals, an ancient spring, and a campsite. It is interpreted as a central place for a group of mobile herders in the 5th millennium BC.

Al Hilli Archaeological park

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:33:27 GMT

. Museum in Abu Dhabi. The largest Bronze Age complex in the UAE, dating from the 3rd millennium BC, is located at Hili in Al Ain. Parts of it have been incorporated into Hili Archaeological Park, a landscaped garden designed to highlight the archaeological remains and make them accessible to the public. Other remains, including settlements, tombs and an Iron Age falaj (an underground system of water channels), are largely located in a protected area outside the park.

Bida Bint Saud

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:29:27 GMT

. Burial Chamber in Abu Dhabi. Bida Bint Saud lies some 15 kilometres north of Al Ain. The site is dominated by an outcrop of stratified rock, the Qarn Bint Saud, rising 40 metres above the surrounding landscape. Since 1970, numerous tombs have been found on the top of this outcrop and in the surrounding foothills.

Mezyad graves

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:26:19 GMT

. Tombs cast light on origins of UAE. Before the time of the three monotheistic religions that now dominate the world, there once ruled different gods with many names, shapes and sizes. Of these, one reigned high above in the sky, casting her holy light on her people � the sun. Inside a small, ancient beehive of a building, a single ray from the sun creeps in through a tiny opening. It is the only light inside. Once it has passed there is only the dark and the damp.

Akab Ritual Site and Settlement

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:31:26 GMT

Extroadinary deposition of the bones of dugongs (sea cows) found symbolically arranged on a mound. Ritual Site and Settlement in United Arab Emirates. An archaeological excavation held on an islet off the coast of Umm Al Quwain, close to the earlier fishing village of Akab, recently revealed that ancient fishing rites were conducted by tribesmen.

Ancient UAE Was Active Trading Hub

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:50:46 GMT

. You might want to set aside those early school lessons that taught you the dawn of Western civilisation was confined to Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). An expert panel of archaeologists from around the world now claim the Arabian Peninsula � long thought to be a barren wasteland from around 5,000BC � was home to developed settlements during the same period.

Human activity in Abu Dhabi dates back to Old Stone Age

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:34:57 GMT

. Archaeological discovery includes stone artefacts of Levallois technique in Palaeolithic Period. An important discovery of archaeological finds from the Palaeolithic Period in Abu Dhabi was announced by Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, Director General of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage. The finds were identified by a team from the Authority and two visiting scholars.

Snake Cults Dominated Early Arabia

Wed, 30 May 2007 16:51:19 GMT

. Pre-Islamic Middle Eastern regions were home to mysterious snake cults, according to two papers published in this month's Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy journal. From at least 1250 B.C. until around 550 A.D., residents of what is now the Persian Gulf worshipped snakes in elaborate temple complexes that appear to have been built for this purpose, the studies reveal.

4,000-year-old copper artefacts unearthed in Sharjah's Wadi Helou

Fri, 25 May 2007 15:38:44 GMT

. Sharjah: Copper artefacts more than 4,000 years old were discovered at a new site in Sharjah, the department of culture and information announced yesterday. A large semi-spherical copper ingot weighing almost five kilograms was unearthed at a new site in Wadi Helou in the Eastern Region during a joint archaeological excavation project.