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          Archaeology

          All the latest news and stories on archaeology

          The long read: Out of Arabia, the story of early humanity
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          The long read: Out of Arabia, the story of early humanity

          May 28, 2015
          Abu Dhabi’s Dr Amal Al Qubaisi wants Emiratis to be trained up to survey construction plots for antiquities. Lee Hoagland / The National

          Archaeological surveys come first

          GovernmentMay 20, 2015
          Chad Hill, an archaeologist at the University of Connecticut, operates a drone to survey looting at a 5,000-year-old cemetery known as Fifa in southern Jordan. Mr Hill to take photographs of how looting has altered the landscape. Sam McNeil/AP Photo

          Battle of the drones and bones in Jordan

          WorldApril 07, 2015
          This 2013 photo shows graduate student Chalachew Seyoum holding a 2.8 million years old jawbone fragment he found at an archaeological dig in Ethiopia. Chalachew Seyoum/AP Photo

          Fossil find dates man back 2.8 million years

          WorldMarch 05, 2015
          Emirati archaeologists Bakheeta Al Mansoori, left, and Myriam Al Dhaheri. Satish Kumar / The National

          Emirati archaeology students get in touch with their land

          UAEMarch 04, 2015
          Archaeologists work inside the fort this week during the Qasr Al Hosn festival in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National

          UAE’s history unearthed at Qasr Al Hosn fort

          HeritageFebruary 19, 2015
          Dr Walid Al Tikriti talks about the aims of the Zayed National Museum at Manarat Al Saadiyat this week. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

          Experts outline aims of Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi

          UAEFebruary 19, 2015
          A 3,000 year old iron age falaj irrigation system at Hilli in Al Ain. Stephen Lock / The National

          UAE among first to create water systems known as falajs

          UAEDecember 17, 2014
          The Journey of the Union, a programme organised by Al Bayt Mitwahid, moved on to Umm Al Quwain. Seen here drawing is Sheikha Al Bayraq. Lee Hoagland/The National.

          Umm Al Quwain shows off its rich cultural wealth

          UAENovember 28, 2014
          Plaster/Gypsum painted-Burial Stele- Shakhoura Tylos, 1st cent BC / 1st cent AD. (Courtesy-Sharjah Museums Department) FOR Rym Ghazal story

          Learning about life from death: Discoveries from the Dilmun graves

          November 17, 2014

          How studying teeth can reveal insights about prehistoric life

          UAEAugust 26, 2014
          The Bronze Age population left few goods from their lives behind but scores of megalithic tombs, like the Qarn Al Harf tombs in Ras Al Khaimah, survived for millennia. These tombs date from the Wadi Suq period (from 2,000 to 1,600BC). Tombs were used for generations, making traditional analysis on fragmented and co-mingled skeletal remains difficult. Lee Hoagland / The National

          Societal changes in Bronze Age Arabia... here’s the tooth in the matter

          UAEAugust 25, 2014
          David Edwards, who received the Bish Brown Award for promoting Fujairah’s natural history and heritage, at the palace in Wadi Al Hayl. Pawan Singh / The National

          Men honoured for contributions to UAE natural history and heritage

          UAEJune 25, 2014

          Institutions should moderate their rule on looted objects

          The NationalMarch 25, 2014
          In pictures: Colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III
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          In pictures: Colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III

          WorldMarch 24, 2014
          Scientists sifting through material on Shuwaihat Island in Abu Dhabi, looking for fossils. Courtesy Dr Faysal Bibi.

          Single tooth tells a whole story about pre-historic Arabia

          UAEMarch 01, 2014
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