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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dibba Tomb
Country: Oman
NOTE: This site is 34.204 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Dibba Al-Baya, Musandam
Latitude: 25.630000N  Longitude: 56.260000E
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Chambered Tomb in Musandam.
Communial burial chamber discovered during construction work on a modern building's foundation, the tomb was made of limestone from a local wadi.

The structure measured 14 metres long and 3.5 metres wide, and contained the human remains of at least 188 individuals. Also found were the remains of pottery, swords, daggers and ancient jewellery. Carbon-dated to around 1300BC.
Access and current condition is unknown.

Note: Millennia-old burial chamber found in Oman
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Millennia-old burial chamber found in Oman by bat400 on Tuesday, 26 November 2013
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An international team of archaeologists has stumbled upon a cache of relics dating back several millennia in the northern Omani enclave of Musandam.

The discovery, which was made in the Dibba district of Musandam Governorate, is believed to be some 3,500 years old, and has been billed by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture as among the most stunning archaeological finds of recent times.

According to a report in the Arabic newspaper Oman, the site first came to light last year when construction workers building the foundations of a local sports club, chanced upon what appeared to be an ancient tomb strewn with human bones.

Italian and Greek archaeologists, who were brought in by the Ministry to study the site, have since uncovered the trappings of a full-fledged burial chamber housing the human remains of at least 188 individuals. Scattered around the site were remnants of pottery, swords, daggers and ancient jewellery. Using carbon-dating techniques, experts have pinpointed the site’s antiquity to around 1300BC.

The chamber itself was an impressive structure. But with limestone material and rocks sourced from a local wadi, the structure measured 14 metres long and 3.5 metres wide. Using ground penetrating radar (GPR), the international teams are scouring the surrounding area for similar burial chambers or other subterranean structures that may yield evidence of a much larger archaeological find.

Significantly, the site is the most important archaeological find to date in the Musandam peninsula, a rugged region of Oman known for its dramatic massifs and magnificent fjords.

Little is known about the origins of the ancient communities that settled in this remote and mountainous region, although experts point to possible trade ties with ancient Persian civilizations that thrived across the Hormuz Strait in modern day Iran.

Further archaeological studies are ongoing, according to the report.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see gulfnews.com
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