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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 Oman government has created the Wadi Sareen Reserve and an area of Jebel Qahwan-Jebal Sebtah in the Eastern Hajar, for the protection of Arabian tahr and mountain gazelle. For visitors, there is a road into the mountains from the town of Birkat al-Mawz (on the road to Nizwa from Muscat) and a walking route through Wadi al-Muaydin to the ...
Mezyad (Arabic: مَزْيَد, romanized: Mazyad) [1][2] is a settlement in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to the south of the main part of Al Ain City, on the border of the U.A.E. and Oman. [3] It is known for having a historical fort, [4][5] and is part of a desert park, which also includes a necropolis and Mount Hafeet nearby.
The highest peaks are found in the Jebel Akhdar Mountains (in Arabic: الجبل الأخض), mountain massif approximately 80 km (50 mi) long and 32 km (20 mi) wide, belonging to the Hajar Mountains, [1] which covers an area of 1,135 km 2 (438 sq mi) located above 1,500 m (4,900 ft), of which, 410 km 2 (160 sq mi) are located above 2,000 m ...
A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones. The resulting structure resembles a beehive ...
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.
Hafit period. An unrestored beehive tomb from the Hafit period at Jebel Hafeet, on the border of the U.A.E. and Oman. Most of the hundreds of tombs to be found at the eastern foothills of the mountain have collapsed. The Hafit period defines early Bronze Age human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period from 3200 to 2600 B.C.
On top of Jabel Hafeet is the Mercure Hotel. [citation needed] Mount Hafeet and the nearby 'beehive' tombs are part of what is known as "Jebel Hafeet Desert Park" [18] [74] or "Mezyad Desert Park", [51] which is meant to preserve the nature and geology of the area, besides attracting tourists. [75]