UAE heritage and

archaeological sites

By Rushabh Bhosale

8B6
 Some basic information about UAE

– The UAE is located in the middle east

– It is one of the gulf countries
– It’s population is 9,890,402 people
– It has the the worlds tallest tower (Burj Khalifa)
– The language in the UAE is Arabic (gulf)
The picture of Jebel hafeet and hili
Jebel hafeet

– Jebel Hafeet is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United
Arab Emirates and Oman, which may be considered an outlier of Al Hajar
Mountains in Eastern Arabia.
– It’s elevation is 1249 m
– It’s mountain range is al hajar mountains
– It’s prominence is 900m (3000ft)
Interesting facts about Jebel Hafeet

– The mountain road of Jebel Hafeet was built in 1980 , the road extends up to 11.7
km (7.3mi) up the mountain with 60 turns and three lanes (two climbing and one
descending).
– Great number of Bronze objects, soapstone vessels, and beads dating back to 5,000
years were found in Jebel Hafeet by archaeologist Abduallah Al Kaabi , the
archaeologist at DTC Abu Dhabi
– The tombs in Jebel Hafeet dated back to 5000 years in the beginning of the bronze
age
– The Jebel Hafeet was formed As it moved north and was pushed under Eurasia. The
collision caused large scale folding of the limestones. The limestones were folded in
such way that it formed anticline type of fold. The Jebel Hafeet is a large tertiary
anticline about 26 km long and 4-5 km wide, extending from north to south.
Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Area
Facts about Bidaa Bint Saud

– Bidaa Bint Saud is an archaeological site in Al-Ain Region, Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates, notable for its Hafit Period tombs, Iron Age irrigation systems
and rare remains of an Iron Age building thought to have been a distribution
centre for water from two falajes.
– It is a listed UN World Heritage site.
– It is Located 25 kilometres north of Al Ain
– The area is dominated by Garn bint Saud, a 40-metre-tall rock rising above the
surrounding landscape
Iron irrigation in Bidaa Bint Saud

Though occupied since the Bronze Age (3000 BCE-1300 BCE) , Bidaa Bint Saud
became important during the Iron Age, both as a caravan stop and as settled
community of farmers that used the region’s distinctive Falaj irrigation system.
Falaj irrigation systems tap water sources found underground and then deliver the
water to fields via a system of ground-level and below-ground tunnels.
In Bidaa Bint Saud, two falaj systems have been discovered and partly excavated,
revealing sections in quite good condition. For one of the excavations, several shaft
holes were discovered, as well as an underground Shari’a (main access point) with
steps leading down to it, and a large open cistern. These discoveries provide
further evidence that the earliest known evidence for the falaj system, which also
exists in Iran, the wider region and even southern Europe, can be found in the UAE.
Falaj building in Bidaa Bint Saud

Located adjacent to the main access point of the falaj, archaeologists excavated a
large mud-brick building. It contains a large hall measuring 10 metres by 13
metres. Some parts of the remaining walls stand up to 160 centimetres high. The
roof is missing but appears to have been supported by 12 columns. Storage rooms
were later added and were found to contain many storage jars. The building’s
purpose remains unclear; however, it most likely was used as an administrative
building to manage the distribution of falaj water.
Tombs in Bidaa Bint Saud

Along the eastern side of the outcrop are the remains of several stone tombs
dating to the Bronze Age. Though they look like heaps of stones, excavations show
that each heap conceals a hollow chamber surrounded by a ring wall with a narrow
passage leading inside. Originally these tombs would have had domed roofs.
A second set of tombs dating from the Iron Age also were built of local uncut or
rough-cut stone and formed into a variety of shapes. These collective graves were
divided into several chambers, each of which contained the remains of a several
people. Despite being plundered in the past, excavations from these Iron Age
tombs yielded a number of artefacts, including pottery and stone vessels, dagger
blades, bronze arrowheads, and different types of beads
Picture of Hisn Khor Fakkan
Information about Hisn Khor Fakkan

– It is located on the coastal plain bordering the Gulf of Oman, halfway between
Kalba and Dibba Al Hisn
– The name Khor Fakkan translates as 'Creek of the Two Jaws' reflecting its setting
in a crescent-shaped bay flanked by two headlands
– Khor Fakkan has a long history of human habitation.
Facts about Hisn Khor Fakkan

– The distance between dubai and Khor Fakkan is 108 km. The road distance is
131.1 km
– In 1623 Persians seized Khor Fakkan in 1622 but were ejected in 1623 by Ruy
Freire de Andrade, Portuguese commander of forts in Muscat.
– The city, the second largest on the east coast after Fujairah City, is set on the
bay of Khor Fakkan , which means "Creek of Two Jaws". It is the site of Khor
Fakkan. Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and
one of the major container ports in the UAE.
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