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Jebel Buhais or Jebel Al-Buhais (Arabic: جَبَل بُحَيْص \ جَبَل ٱلْبُحَيْص, romanized: Jabal Buḥayṣ / Jabal Al-Buḥayṣ) is a geological feature, an extensive rocky outcrop, as well as an archaeological site located near Madam in the central region [1] [2] of the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE, about 48 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of the city of Sharjah. [3]
The notable Jebel Buhais burial ground, the oldest radiometrically dated burial site in the UAE, [8] is an extensive necropolis, consisting of burial sites spanning the Stone, Bronze, Iron and Hellenistic ages of human settlement in the UAE. The widespread area of burials exhibits a number of important Wadi Suq tombs, including a unique clover ...
The Mleiha Archaeological Centre is constructed around a 4,500 year old Umm Al Nar era Tomb. Mleiha Bronze Age Umm Al Nar tomb near the Mleiha Archaeological Centre, built around 2,300 BCE and used until 2,100 BCE. Meliha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding ...
Jebel Hafeet. Jabal Hafeet[7] (Arabic: جَبَل حَفِيْت, romanized: Jabal Ḥafīt, "Mount Hafeet"; variously transcribed Jabel or Jebal and Hafit – literally "empty mountain") is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab Emirates and Oman, which may be considered an outlier of the Hajar Mountains [1][8] in ...
The oldest radiometrically dated inland burial site in the UAE is the extensive necropolis at Jebel Buhais. [14] The site, located near Madam, in Sharjah, consists of burial sites spanning the Stone, Bronze, Iron and pre-Islamic ages of human settlement in the UAE. Burials at Jebel Buhais (Jebel is Arabic for mountain) date back to the 5th ...
The Sharjah Archaeology Museum is the first museum in Sharjah, the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The museum showcases artifacts that were found in Sharjah and that belong to pre-Islamic eras. The museum was established on October 5, 1997, by Sheikh Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, member of the Federal Supreme ...
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Major ancient city/settlement spanning Ubeid period through Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq to Iron Age and Pre-Islamic. Hili. Abu Dhabi. 3200–2600 BCE. Hafit and Umm Al Nar tombs. Jebel Buhais. Sharjah. 5000–1300 BCE. Necropolis featuring Stone, Bronze, Iron and Hellenistic age burials.