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Archaeology

All the latest news and stories on archaeology

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

A eureka moment

The NationalFebruary 12, 2014
Remnants of copper workshops dating to about 300BC at the Sharjah site, but there is much more to be uncovered. Courtesy Department of Culture Sharjah

Vast archaeological site in Sharjah to become eco-tourism destination by year’s end

UAEJanuary 23, 2014
The excavated tombs are part of a fertile plain between Wadi Naqab and Wadi Al Baih that contains at least 60 tombs, field systems and houses first discovered in 1988 beside a rocky hill. Lee Hoagland / The National

Archaeologists make last ditch attempt to rescue remains of pre-historic tombs in RAK

HeritageApril 13, 2013
The famed Hanging Gardens of Babylon, depicted in this 19th-century illustration, may actually have been in Nineveh, near what is now Mosul in northern Iraq, according to an expert. North Wind Picture Archives via AP Images

Academic unearths new lead to fabled Babylon gardens

April 09, 2013

Archaeologists unearth 'breathtaking' ancient site at Iraqi home of Abraham

April 05, 2013
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