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HISTORY & TRADITIONS - ARCHAEOLOGY
 Important new fossils found in Abu Dhabi
Posted on 24/01/2010
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced the discovery of new fossils in the Al Gharbia (Western Region), following recent archaeological expeditions in the area.
The fossils included two complete large skulls belonging to crocodiles that had inhabited the river area some eight million years ago.
The findings came about due to technical cooperation between the Department of Historic Environment at ADACH and the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University
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 Move to protect historic landmarks on Delma Island
Posted on 21/07/2009
Al Gharbiya - An archaeological map for historic sites on Delma Island is being drawn by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) with the aim of protecting the landmarks and preventing any construction activities there.
Archaeological teams from ADACH have surveyed the island to locate the important archaeological sites in order to devise plans for restoration as well as draft strategic cultural policies.
Mohammed Amer Al Neyadi, director of Historic Environment, ADACH, said
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 Yale-ADACH experts present Abu Dhabi fossil discoveries at China conference
Posted on 06/07/2009
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) has showcased at an international conference in China the latest discoveries from Al Gharbia.
A symposium and workshop entitled "Neogene Terrestrial Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Chronology in Asia" were held in Beijing from 8-14 June, 2009. Fossil experts from all over the world attended this important scientific meeting. This was a special conference dedicated to the latest research on mammalian fossil remains found throughout Asia.
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 British scientists explore Sharjah mountains
Posted on 15/06/2009
An archaeological team from the Royal Holloway University of London has arrived in Sharjah to carry out research to identify the archaeological layers of Al Faya Mountain in Sharjah using gamma rays. The studies on the mountain started last season, when an archaeological layer dating back over 100,000 years was found.
This is the same period as early Homo sapiens - "wise man" which has the same anatomic features of modern people - left East Africa for the northern shores of the Indian Ocean
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 New archaeological discoveries at Al Shuwaib
Posted on 09/06/2009
The Abu Dhabi Authority of Culture and Heritage (ADACH) today announced new discoveries from the Neolithic Age and Late Islamic period at Al-Shuwaib archaeological site in Abu Dhabi.
The discoveries include a pair of silver earrings, two bronze coins, a small ring, stone tools used as hummers, grain grinders and knife sharpeners, as well as pieces of stone stoves, pieces of pottery and fossils of ostrich, ADACH said in a press release.
Granite fragments were also found on the site. ADACH
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 Al Sharqi issues decree setting Board of the Fujairah Tourism and Archaeological Authority
Posted on 02/06/2009
The Board of Fujairah Tourism and Archaeological Authority (FTAA), has been set up, according to Emiri decree number 3 of year 2009 issued by HH Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah. In accordance with the decree, the FTAA board will be chaired by Saeed Saeed Rashid Al Hamoudi and membership of Ahmed Khalifa Al Shamsi, Ahmed Mohammed Sheriff, Amna Ahmed Sabir Mohammed Al Danhani and Patrick Walter. Al Sharqi also issued decree number 7 of year
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 Major archaeological discoveries made in Umm Al Qaiwain
Posted on 18/05/2009
A team of national archaeologists announced today major discoveries, including potsherds dating back to the Umm Al Nar Civilization, around 3000 BC, at Ed-Dur site in Umm Al Qaiwain.
The team, formed by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development in cooperation with local archaeology departments, was led by Eisa Yousuf, an Emirati archaeologist working with the Sharjah Department of Culture and Information.
The team surveyed the site, covered in shell crusts, and recovered
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 New excavations at Ed-Dur
Posted on 14/05/2009
A major new survey of the important archaeological site of Ed-Dur, in Umm al-Qaiwain, commenced yesterday. It is being undertaken in partnership between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development and the Umm al-Qaiwain Department of Archaeology and Heritage.
Being led by Eisa Yousuf, an Emirati archaeologist working with the Sharjah Department of Culture and Information, the ten day project will be the first-ever major survey in the country to be undertaken wholly by a UAE
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 85,000 years old villages found
Posted on 22/04/2009
New archaeological discoveries in Sharjah's Jebel Fayah showed that human settlements existed in the area over 85,000 years ago. Excavation work was carried out as part of a joint programme between the Directorate of Antiquities at the Culture and Information Department in Sharjah and the Institute of Prehistoric Studies and Research at the German University of Tubengin.
The two-month excavation showed the existence of a deeper layer at the depth of four metres below the surface, which dates
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 Ancient jar found in Al Ain
Posted on 12/03/2009
A glazed pottery vessel dating back around 2,000 years has been found in the vicinity of the Sheikha Salama Mosque in central Al Ain, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, ADACH, said in a press release yesterday.
Following the discovery of the vessel during building work adjacent to the mosque, which is currently being rebuilt, it was reported to ADACH by the Al Ain Municipality in accordance with the Abu Dhabi Law no. 8 of 1970, on archaeology, and with the law establishing
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 De Cardi still retains passion for archaeology
Posted on 07/03/2009
Abu Dhabi: As she enters her 94th year Beatrice De Cardi still holds on to the curiosity that led her to dig in the ground, looking for hidden treasures.
The pioneering Briton is believed to be word's oldest archaeologist. Although she is not able to excavate any more, she is always seen in conferences and seminars, and even at some excavation sites.
Last week, she was honoured by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development for her early work in the UAE. In 1968, De Cardi and
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 New archaeological discovery confirms the long history of UAE civilization in West Abu Dhabi
Posted on 02/03/2009
An ancient stone cylinder seal dating back to the beginning of the local Bronze Age, around 5,000 years ago, and the first of its type ever found in Arabia, has been found in the deserts of the Al Gharbia area (Western Region) of Abu Dhabi, by a team working for the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD).
H.E. Majid Al Mansouri, Secretary General of EAD, praised this discovery. "This is an important find not only for Abu Dhabi but for the whole of the Arabian Peninsula. It emphasises the long
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 Mansour opens archaeology conference
Posted on 02/03/2009
H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, opened yesterday the Second International Conference on UAE Archaeology and the 10th annual scientific forum of the History and Archaeology Society of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Delivering the opening address, H.E. Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, said the first archaeological team in the UAE started its works fifty years ago on the invitation by the late Sheikh
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![]() Celebrating the UAE's archaeological heritage
Posted on 23/02/2009
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first archaeological excavations in the UAE on the island of Umm al-Nar in 1959, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development is organising a major international conference on Emirates archaeology, it was announced yesterday.
Called "Fifty Years after Umm al-Nar: The Second International Conference on the Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates", the event is being held under the patronage of the Minister of Presidential Affairs HH Sheikh
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![]() 6-8 million years old fossil unearthed
Posted on 01/02/2009
Fossil experts have made fresh discoveries in the Al Gharbia region of the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Joint surveys and excavations were carried out starting mid-December last year at Jaw Al Dibsa, Hamra
and Shuwaihat by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and a team from Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, USA.
The joint project concerns the investigation of the Baynunah Formation, a set of geological deposits rich in fossils, which is exposed
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