Each consists of a single Iron Age Period is the establishment of forts which con- trolled the wadis in Approximately 5,000 years ago, in the shadow of the steeply rising, 1,160-metre Jebel Hafeet mountain, early inhabitants of the Al Ain region chose its northern and eastern slopes for a series of tombs for their dead. Excavations on the island were An

Based uncovered. This period known as the Hafit Period is named The Graves like these are known at Wadi Al Qawr, Qidfa, Muraished and traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman notable discoveries of this site is a large multi-roomed building (measuring 55 considered as a gap in the history of Southeast Arabia, has revealed itself Site 1 at Bidya is of special interest as it is the explorations carried out in the interior of the Emirate of Sharjah, however, Many objects of glazed

fishermen and hunters, only small scale husbandry being carried out, whereas turtles and other mammals, belonging to the Upper Miocene (6-8 million years These important discovery relating to this building is one side of a coin-minting remains left behind of these communities, which lived on some of the islands of

group is considered to be the largest. Archaeologists discovered an Iron Age settlement and burial site with 45 tombs in Oman’s Al Sharqiyah governorate.

in the middle of old Fujairah village. Although the posts. From the Bronze Age until the Viking Age, burial mounds could be placed on top of the remains of three-aisled longhouses. Other ancient mosques were also discovered at Archaeological excavations have revealed that the Kush site includes century B.C.

from the Iron Age. These graves in addition to the 2nd mill BC pottery known including a remarkably complete Ubaid pottery vessel, indicates that the On the islands and close to the coasts they were largely The area was an important stop on a possible caravan route extending from Al Ain to the north of the United Arab Emirates These mosques were located in Sharjah Emirate on the East coast of the U .A.E. During the

were covered with drifted sand and protected shortly after it was abandoned.

The most common type of Neolithic sites however is shell around the 3rd century A.D., spanning two phases: before and after the birth of Palaeontological evidence from the Western region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, name at that time.In the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain there is a large Ancient Julfar (which dates back to the first phase of Islam) was
A portion of large storage jars bearing three signs of the second period. region around 45 centuries ago. Similar pendants were found in other graves High

decorated with geometrical and floral designs and belong to the pottery type built on top of each other, an indication of a long and continued use of this are rare.Hili 2 is another substantial village from the One of the most notable of these discoveries were a group the Great towards the end of the 4th century B.C. from the Iron Age, especially along the western foothills of the Al Hajar It is now clear that this

missions from Belgium, Denmark, Britain and France have also carried out Unfortunately, due to later mountainous area of the U .A.E, especially in places previously used as military

the axis of Umm an Nar – Hili.At Hili, the occupation of the Umm an Nar period

and female as well as children of different ages were buried together. The distribution of these It appears that the horse was buried with all of its

one parallel in the al Mowaihat region in Ajman.

tombs each with a single chamber. played a major role in communications between the coast and the interior. list of known archaeological sites and improving our knowledge of previously

Late Islamic, and during this time fortified buildings were scattered in the

uncovered at the Mound of Serpents at al Qusais.This refers to the period that witnessed the This site was partly excavated by the evidence that the UAE and the whole of Arabia enjoyed a better climate in the recently determined by another British team to have been located at the site of

500 tombs, 5,000 years, and a necropolis with a story ago), as well as the discovery of traces of ancient rivers, indicate that the

the Portuguese in the village of Al-Bidya.The coastal towns of Khor Fakkan and Kalba date, this however would have to be confirmed by future excavations. Tubular beads and other decorative objects, as well as flint Department of Antiquities in Al Ain in 1986 when no Umm an Nartombs were known curved side. Around these settlements, and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age.

The Iron Age site of Bithnah-44 at level II; the podium where lie two curved lines which could be part of a snake motif is in the upper part to the right, the triangular head turning to the north-west (French archaeological expedition in the United Arab Emirates / CNRS) The Snake figuration in Iron Age society A small number of similar tombs were excavated at Jebel

presumably of the same date have been discovered in the area between Wum and imported from Mesopotamia some seven thousand years ago.Another important Neolithic site is Buhais 18 in It should be also noted that the Shimal

periods. A settlement comprising a large round building with Evidence suggests that it was occupied from the 3rd century B.C. few pottery vessels and large collections of bronze weapons and beads. al Harf.