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This prominent rock outcrop to the south of Mileiha
and al-Dhaid is the site of numerous graves dating to the Iron Age and
second millennium BC (so-called Wadi Suq period) which have been excavated
since 1995 by Dr. Sabbah A. Jasim, director of the Sharjah Archaeological
Museum. In addition, on the terrace to the east of Jebel Buhays, is an
important burial ground used by some of the UAE’s first inhabitants.
Dating to c. 5000-4000 BC, the site has yielded the remains of dozens
of several hundred individuals (180 as of 1997) and is being excavated
by a team from the University of Txbingen (Germany) under the direction
of Prof. Hans-Peter and Dr. Margarethe Uerpmann. The ancient inhabitants
of Jebel Buhays hunted gazelle, oryx, wild ass and camel, and raised cattle,
goat and sheep. They used stone tools belong to the Arabian bifacial tradition.
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