Links to the Archaeology
of the Arabian Peninsula

The following list tries to include all sites about archaeology of the UAE and the Oman peninsula. If you know of more or would like to be included please mail to nmrak@emirates.net.ae

• Virtual Museum - part of the uaeinteract.com website.
• A Walk Through Time - part of the uaeinteract.com website).

• Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) - A large website with information about surveys and excavations in the Abu Dhabi Western Region
• Al Ain - Falaj - a recently discovered falaj in the oasis area (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)
• Bida bint Saud - An Iron Age settlement near Al-Ain (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)
• Dalma (Ubaid period) - abstract of article published by Mark Beech and Elizabeth Shepherd on the early evidence for date consumption on Dalma island, in Antiquity 75 (2001): 83-9.
• Hili Settlement - About Hili 8, the french excavation (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)
• Hili- Tomb Hili garden - A large restored Umm an-Nar tomb (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)
• Hili-Tomb N - A subterranean Umm an-Nar tomb (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)
• Hili, une oasis de l'âge du Bronze à Abou Dhabi - website about the work of the French Archaeological Mission at Hili, Al Ain.
• Iron Age Falaj - An introduction into several Iron Age Aflaj discovered in and around Al Ain (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)
• Wadi Hamam - An Iron Age Site near Al Ain (part of the Al-Ain Museum website)

• Al-Buhais 18 - Report about a Late Stone Age burial ground and settlement (University of Tübingen, Germany).
• Mleiha: la période pré-islamique récente - work of the French Archaeological Mission at Mleiha.
• Tell Abraq - Lead isotope analyses from Tell Abraq, United Arab Emirates: new data regarding the 'tin problem' in Western Asia - abstract of article by Lloyd Weeks in Antiquity 73 (1999): 49-64.

• Bithnah, Fujairah - about the work by the Swiss-Liechtenchtein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad (FSLA)
• Fujairah - Petroglyphs - information on the petroglyphs discovered during the Archaeological Survey by the Prehistoric Archaeology Research Group from the Department of Anthropology, University of Geneva.

•  Ajman Museum
•  Al Ain Museum (Department of Tourism and Antiquities)
•  Dubai Museum
•  Sharjah Museums (general intro page)
• Sharjah Archaeology Museum or as an alternative site: Sharjah Archaeology Museum
• Sharjah Heritage Museum
• Sharjah Islamic Museum
• Sharjah Natural History Museum & Desert Park
• Sharjah Science Museum

• Government Website with information about Baat, Ras al-Hamra, Ras al-Jinz and Samad
• Oman Archaeology Network
• Oman Research in progress
• Oman Studies Centre

• 'Amla/al Fueda - a Cemetery of the Late Pre-Islamic Age in al Zahirah (Sultanate of Oman)
• A Survey of Archaeological Monuments Threatened by Building Activity in the Sultanate of Oman
• OMAN ARCHAEOLOGY- German Archaeological Expedition to the Sultanate of Oman - chronology of fieldwork.
• German Archaeological Oman-Expedition - includes pictures of the Umm an Nar tower tombs at Shir/Jaylah.
• Die Graeberfelder in Samad al Shan, Sultanat Oman, - Spaeteisenzeitliche Chronologie der Bestattungsriten

• ABZU - Guide to Resources for Ancient Near East
• Archaeology of the Middle East
• ArchNet: Near Eastern Archaeology

• National Museum of Bahrain
• National Museum of Qatar

• Bahrain
• Barbar temple
• Saar Settlement
• Diraz Temple
• Burial Mounds
• Khamiz Mosque

• Saudi Arabia
• Written in Stone - Inscriptions from the National Museum of Saudi Arabia

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