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to current and future events and exhibitions in the UAE |
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Valuable concise reference source on the UAE,
covering political system, economy, business, history and heritage,
education, women, healthcare, tourism and environment. |
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Natural history of the UAE,
covering all animals and plants recorded in the Emirates. |
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Report by National US Arab Chamber of Commerce on the UAE. Vol XV, No 3, June 2007. Includes analysis of UAE economy. |
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HISTORY & TRADITIONS - ARCHAEOLOGY
 New fossil discoveries in Abu Dhabi's Western Region
Posted on 05/01/2009
A team of archeologists led by Professor Andrew Hill and Faysal Bibi from Yale University has discovered a well-preserved elephant jaw in the Western Region of the Abu Dhabi Emirate. The team has also excavated a pair of jaws from a primitive horse (known as a 'hipparion') and a crocodile skeleton from Hamra.
These sites date back to around 6-8 million years ago, a time known as the late Miocene epoch.
The team from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University in the U.S.A.
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![]() Khalifa issues decrees
Posted on 21/12/2008
President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a number of federal laws and decrees.
Sheikh Khalifa issued a federal law No. 6/2008, establishing a national council for tourism and antiquities.
Other laws issued by Sheikh Khalifa include Federal Law No. 7/2008 on National Center for Archives and Research, Federal Law No. 10/2008 on Medical Responsibilities, Federal Law No. 11/2008 on the licensing of a fertility centre in the UAE.
President Khalifa also issued decrees No 6/2008
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![]() UAE to host announcement of major archaeological discoveries in 2008
Posted on 06/11/2008
For the first time in the Middle East, the International Conference for Ancient Studies will be taking place in Dubai on November 29th and 30th 2008.
It is the first event of its kind, gathering eight of the world's foremost experts in the fields of History, Archaeology, Astronomy, Anthropology and Geology. The experts will be talking about The Mysteries of Ancient Civilisations with some major discoveries made in 2007 and 2008 being announced as a World Premiere, in a bid to attract a wide
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![]() Archaeozoologists Meet in Abu Dhabi in November
Posted on 30/10/2008
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) will host on November 16 - 20 the 9th meeting of the Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA) Working Group, a sub-group of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ), in Al Ain.
Archaeozoology is the study of the relationships between humans and animals over time. It usually involves the study of animal bones from archaeological sites. This is carried out to provide a deeper understanding of past environments
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 UAE to mark golden jubilee of archaeological excavations
Posted on 27/08/2008
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development is gearing up to mark 50 years of archaeological excavations in the country. Excavation commenced for the first time on February 20, 1959 at Umm Al Nar hills and ended on April 1 of the same year at the request of the then Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Shakhbout bin Sultan. Bilal Al Bedour, Executive Director for Culture and Arts at the Ministry, said the celebration would be great and magnificent to signify the glory of the event. He added an
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 6000 years old wild camel bones discovered in Abu Dhabi desert
Posted on 06/08/2008
A team of archaeologists from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) recently discovered the skeletons of at least 40 ancient wild camels in Al Gharbia, the western region of Abu Dhabi, announced Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazrouei, Director-General of ADACH.
Radiocarbon dating of camel bones from the site demonstrates that they all date to more than six thousand years ago. The discovery has a scientific significance worldwide.
An announcement concerning this discovery was made
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 Archaeological teams continue work in Sharjah
Posted on 06/08/2008
The Spanish Archaeological mission from Madrid University is continuing its excavation works at Al Thuqaiba site in Al Madam area, in the central region of Sharjah, in cooperation with the Sharjah Department of Archaeology at the Culture and Information Department. Older discoveries at the iron-age site include mud houses, one of which was in good condition, which contain eight rooms and a hall, as well as full units with plaster-covered walls.
Inside the rooms, various types of iron-age
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 More light thrown on Jebel Buhais Neolithic age
Posted on 05/06/2008
The second part of a book published by the directorate of archaeology at the Sharjah department of culture and information threw more light on the archaeological findings in Jebel Al Buhais in the emirate. The book published in Arabic examines the artefacts excavated from the Al Buhais sites and gives more evidence on the Neolithic population who inhabited the region. The earliest human settlement to be found in the interior of south-eastern Arabia dating back to 5000 BC were discovered in
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 First archaeology documentary on UAE released
Posted on 01/05/2008
The first archaeology documentary on UAE, produced by Anasi Media Production Company, was released Wednesday at the Emirates Palace in a glittering gala graced by H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The production of the film was motivated by the call made by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for enhancing national identity through 2008 The film, titled 'A Promising Nation....a Nation for History', covered the
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 New light on UAE's oldest inhabitants
Posted on 07/04/2008
New discoveries by archaeologists from Sharjah and Germany show that the United Arab Emirates was occupied by Man as much as 85,000 years ago, in the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) period, according to a paper presented at the 5th Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Research in the Emirates, held in Al Ain last weekend.
The earliest sites from the UAE known prior to the latest discoveries have been dated to the Neolithic or Late Stone Age period, around 7,500 years ago. The discoveries
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![]() Archaeological discoveries to be unveiled
Posted on 03/04/2008
Major new finds relating to the country's archaeological heritage are to be announced in Al Ain today and Friday at the Fifth Annual Symposium on Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the UAE.
A total of fifteen papers will be presented by archaeologists from local departments and from foreign universities undertaking research in the Emirates. The papers will focus on the results of the winter 2007-2008 season. Among topics to be discussed will be a site at Jebel Faya, Sharjah, which was the
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 Sharjah Ruler opens exhibition for Al Buhais 18 archaeological findings
Posted on 17/03/2008
His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah yesterday opened an exhibition at the Sharjah Museum displaying archaeological findings from Al Buhais 18 site in Sharjah. The opening ceremony was attended by HH Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince & Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikhs and senior officials.
Sheikh Sultan toured the exhibition which
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 Fossils shed light on a different environment of Abu Dhabi in the ancient past
Posted on 10/01/2008
The fossils discovered recently, in conjunction with geological investigations have shed light on an amazing picture of Abu Dhabi's ancient environment that was far different from its hyper-arid modern desert landscape. A lecture delivered by Professor Andrew Hill of Yale University, USA at a gathering organised by Abu Dhabi Authority of Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and the Emirates Natural History Group at the Cultural Foundation here claimed that in the ancient past, Abu Dhabi featured a
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![]() New fossil study in Abu Dhabi's Western Region
Posted on 02/01/2008
A team from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University in the United States has recently arrived in Abu Dhabi to commence a four year project of collaboration with the Historic Environment Department from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).
The joint ADACH-Yale project concerns the investigation of the Baynunah Formation, a set of geological deposits rich in fossils which is exposed in Abu Dhabi's Western Region, according to an ADACH press release.
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![]() Archaeological excavations in Sharjah
Posted on 26/12/2007
Two archaeological teams from Kanazawa University in Japan and Bryn Mawr College in US started excavation in Sharjah on Saturday. The Japanese team is working now in Khorfakan in an archaeological site that goes back to the early time of Islam. The team has discovered on the different archaeological layers a lot of artefacts of the 13th to 15th centuries including pottery items exported from Wadi Al Rafidain, Arabian Peninsula and Eastern Asia, particularly China, Thailand and Burma.
This
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