The absence of a detailed written history is all too often interpreted
as an indication of a lack of history or historical events. In the context
of the UAE this impression, as archaeological and historical research
has shown, could not be further from the truth.
Since 1959, when archaeological excavations first began on Umm al-Nar
island near Abu Dhabi, archaeologists from a dozen countries, as well
as local officials from an ever-increasing number of museums throughout
the UAE, have been tracking the earliest residents of the Emirates from
the desert and islands of Abu Dhabi in the west to the mountains of Fujairah
in the east.
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