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Al Jassasiya East Rock Art Site Qatar Museums Archaeological Site and Natural Heritage GPS Coordinates (N25° 57.208 E51° 24.395) QNG (219099 – 466484) 9 am to 5 pm HAR351 Al Jassasiya West Rock Art Site Qatar Museums Archaeological Site and Natural Heritage 9 am to 5 pm HAR2023 Jazirat Bin Ghannam Archaeological and Natural Heritage Site
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Al Zubarah Archaeological Site: Al Shamal Municipality. Cultural (iii) (iv) (v) 2013 The walled coastal town of Al Zubarah in the Persian Gulf flourished as a pearling and trading centre in the late 18th century and early 19th centuries, before it was destroyed in 1811 and abandoned in the early 1900s.
Simaisma (Arabic: سُمَيْسِمَة; also spelled Sumaysimah) is a small seaside town located on the eastern coast of Qatar 30 km north of the capital Doha. [2] [3] The town is characterized by old houses and mosques that are relics from the days before the discovery of oil and natural gas in Qatar. It was demarcated in 1988. [4]
The project was named 'The Qatar National Historic Environment Record'. It researched and documented terrestrial and marine areas in Qatar. [17] In 2009, the Qatar Museums Authority initiated the Qatar Islamic Archaeology and Heritage Project (QIAH) in tandem with the University of Copenhagen.
Archaeological site of Ruwayda. Ruwayda (Arabic: الرويضة) is a ruined town in northern Qatar. Extending over a length of 2.5 km along the coastline, it constitutes one of Qatar's largest archaeological sites as well as containing its largest fort. [1] The town was likely inhabited from the 1500s to the late 1700s.
Qatar's first university was opened in 1973. Qatar declared its independence on 1 September 1971 and became an independent state on 3 September. When Ahmad bin Ali issued the formal announcement from his Swiss villa instead of from his palace in Doha, many Qataris were convinced that it was time for a change in leadership.
Category: Historic sites in Qatar. 2 languages. ... World Heritage Sites in Qatar (2 P) This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 00:51 (UTC). ...
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