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United Arab Emirates accepted the convention on May 11 2001, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2024, The United Arab Emirates have only one World Heritage Site, Al Ain, which was inscribed in 2011. [2]
Some of the site is located outside the park in a protected area. Finds from the site can be seen in the Al Ain National Museum in central Al Ain. The Hili Grand Tomb is a tower measuring 12 m (39 ft) in diameter that has been reconstructed. [2] The tombs belong to the Umm al-Nar culture. Hili Grand tomb
It was reportedly built in the early 20th century by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, during the reign of his father. [1] The fort opened as a museum in 2015. [6] The place, built on the western side of Al Ain, served as a place where officials met with the community to discuss issues and provide support. [7]
The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) (Arabic: كليّات التقنيّة العليا) is a public institute of technology with 16 campuses and facilities throughout the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1988 by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan , it is the largest applied higher educational institution in the country.
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 95 World Heritage Sites in 18 countries (also called "state parties") of West Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Yemen.
Calligrapher at Al Qattara Arts Center. The arts centre contains a small museum in which archaeological artefacts are stored. [5] The archaeological exhibits contain relics found at sites and oases in Al Ain. [6] The arts centre also has a music room, a calligraphy room, a computer room, a photography room and a pottery room. [7]
Qal'at al-Bahrain: Northern Governorate, Bahrain: Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) 32 (79) 2005 Qal'at al-Bahrain was the capital of the Dilmun civilization and a place of consistent human settlement and occupation from c. 2300 BC to the present. A Portuguese fort stands atop the site.
Al-Ain is home to the main federal university in the UAE, the United Arab Emirates University, and to two campuses of the Higher Colleges of Technology – Al Ain Men's College and Al Ain Women's College. Al-Ain is also the home of Horizon International flight academy, Etihad Airways's cadet pilot training centre. Private higher education ...