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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 ...
Located in the area south of the city of Al Ain, the Jebel Hafeet Desert Park contains the original necropolis of Hafit Graves which led to the naming of this period in the human history of the emirates. A series of ridges leading from the main part of Jebel Hafit toward Al Ain each harbour groups of Hafit tombs. [1]
Jebel Jais. Jebel Jais (Arabic: جبل جيس, romanized: Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the North - Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The summit has an elevation of 1,934 m (6,345 ft). [1] The summit is located on the Omani side, but a high point west of this peak is ...
As a region, Al-Ain has been inhabited for over 7 millennia, as demonstrated by archeological finds. In particular, there are tombs shaped as beehives in the area of Mezyad, at the base of Jebel Hafeet, which date back to the Hafit period of the Early Bronze Age, besides [4] [9] In the 1950s, Sheikh Zayed, who would become the founding President of the United Arab Emirates, discovered the ...
Opened in 2012, Wadi Adventure is located near Jebel Hafeet and provides a range of water-based activities including surfing, kayaking and rafting. On top of Jabel Hafeet is the Mercure Hotel .
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.
Currently there are three areas where these tombs can be found: Al-Hajar Region (particularly Jebel Hafeet near Al Ain in the U.A.E., [13] and the Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn in Oman), [14] Hat Region, and Hadbin area close to Barkaʾ. The Hajar tombs are very numerous and one or two have been restored, allowing one to ...