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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: MowaihatCountry: United Arab Emirates
NOTE: This site is 14.824 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Dubai Nearest Village: Ajman
Latitude: 25.426306N Longitude: 55.529001E
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 |
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Chambered Cairn in United Arab Republic
Circular Umm al-Nar-type tomb dating to between 2000 and 1300 BCE, of about 8.25 Meter in diameter located on the oustkirts of Ajman and dicovered in 1986. The excavation was uncovered numerous examples of soft-stone and painted ceramic vessels, beads, two stamp seals, a number of copper implements, and the skeletons of several dozen individuals. The Mowaihat artifacts are displayed in the Ajman Museum. The Umm al-Nar culture stretched to the Oman Border.
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