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4,000-Year-Old UAE Tomb Remained in Use for More Than 1,000 Years
A Bronze Age tomb discovered in the United Arab Emirates served as a communal burial place for more than a millennium, with successive generations returning to the same underground chamber to bury their dead. Archaeologists from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi uncovered the tomb at the Qattarah Necropolis in Al Ain.…
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4,000-Year-Old Communal Tomb in Al Ain Held Hundreds of Burials
A 4,000-year-old communal tomb in Al Ain has been found containing the remains of hundreds of people. Discovered at the Qattarah Necropolis in the United Arab Emirates, the underground chamber remained in use for at least 1,000 years. Measuring approximately 11 metres long and 2.5 metres wide, the tomb dates to the Wadi Suq period…
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Tell Abraq Study Reveals a Bronze Age Trade Post and a Roman-Era Sanctuary on the Gulf
A 3,000-year chronicle of movement, exchange, and belief emerges from one of the UAE’s most revealing archaeological sites Tell Abraq, rising quietly along the western coastline of the United Arab Emirates, has long been known as a major archaeological landmark. New research by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Umm al-Quwain (IAMUQ) now shows that this…