Archaeological remains of 7000 year old settlement at Sila

posted on 25/06/2007: 84 views

Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), said that ADACH is carrying out and supervising several operations related to archaeological sites in Abu Dhabi Emirate according to the international criteria set by UNESCO. He added that ADACH is revising its planning policy to preserve cultural and archaeological sites.

Mohammad Khalaf Al Mazrouei, Director General of ADACH, stressed that ADACH has provided a service called "The Preliminary Cultural Review" to all organizations, firms and individuals requiring archaeological/cultural impact clearance prior to development, whether it is in the context of an environment impact assessment study or construction/development permit. This will be done in collaboration with Municipality and Agriculture Department in Abu Dhabi Emirate.

The Cultural Landscape Division at ADACH has covered 27 preliminary cultural reviews in an area stretched from Sila in the Western Region to Al Taweela and Shuweeb in the Northern West and East Regions of the Emirate.

It is worth mentioning that the excavation operations have achieved many goals in such a short time, such as the ancient fossil and archaeological finds in Ruwais dated back to the Late Miocene period, 8 million years ago, as well as a number of 7000 year old flint stone arrowheads recently discovered at Sila. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)

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