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Historical highlights in the depths of human civilization

Chinese Celadon dish. Longquan
Celadon dish. China Longquan, Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, UAE. In storage at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 14th C CE.

Bronze Age Spear-Head
Socketed bronze spear-head from Jebel al-Buhais. This is a Bronze Age -Wadi Suq Period site dated 2000-1300 BCE.

Neolithic Flint Arrowhead
Neolithic Flint arrowhead dated to the 5th millennium BCE – site of Mleiha, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 5th Millenium BCE.

Bronze Age Bronze bowl
Bronze Age tall conical bronze bowl with long conical with a flat base and slightly pinched spout., Jebel al-Buhais, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 2nd millenium BCE.

Copper Tetradrachm
1st century BC – 1st century AD. copper Tetradrachm (12g.)– Obverse: smooth and lightly rounded side. – Reverse: extremely schematic representation of Shamash sitting on the left on a stool, with paralleled legs. In his left hand he holds a long sceptre and in his right hand an eagle . On the right side, vertically […]

Islamic Pottery 12
No. 12 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics understudy at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. This specimen is from the site Al-Jubail.

Pre-Islamic Pottery Amphora
Pre-Islamic amphora pottery jar with a large handle on its shoulder., Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 1st Century CE.

Glazed Ceramic
Green glazed jar. 2nd-3rd century CE from the Mleiha “Palace”, Sharjah, UAE. 2nd-3rd Century CE. Sophie Méry and Michel Mouton. 2018:66, figure upper right. 588 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture.Sophie Méry and Michel Mouton. 2018. French archaeological expedition in the United Arab Emirates: Excavations at Mleiha […]

International Exhibitions
Various exhibitions narrating Sharjah’s civilization and history
- February 14, 2020
- Local
- January 18, 2020
- International
- January 16, 2020
- Local

Our Latest Publications
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September 20, 2022This book discusses mosques built during the Fatimid era in Mahdia,Sirte, Ajdabiya, and Cairo, some of which remained intact and someof which were altered, and it is based on a treatise originally titled(Fatimid Mosques, Their History and Architecture). Given thesignificance of the mihrab in mosque architecture, I included anarticle titled “The Rightness in the Relationship […]
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January 1, 2014This scholarly article presents a study of pre-Islamic tombs at the archaeological site of Mleiha.
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January 1, 2018The annual magazine No. 14 includes a number of archaeological reports highlighting the excavations conducted by various foreign missions in some archaeological parts in Sharjah emirate including Tal Abraq by the American expedition during 2010 – 2013. They also carried out archaeological investigations at Hemriay area in 2012 – 2013. There is another report on […]
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January 1, 2018The book is written by D.T. Bots; translated and prepared by Dr. Sabah Aboud Jassem. The book falls in 256 pages of big size. It was printed by Sharjah Archaeology Authority.The book sheds light on the sources of the eastern Arabian Peninsula’s coins, and the sorts of the eastern coins at the north of Arabian […]
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January 1, 1992It its second edition 2019G, the tenth annual magazine (1992) highlights the results of the surveys conducted at Kalba area. It also presents a historical description and the outlines of the modern natural landscape of Kalba. This is in addition to the change of the sea level, and the archaeological sites in the area in […]
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January 1, 2019This edition presents the results of the Portuguese archaeological excavation expedition’s works at Kalba area and eastern coast during the years 2017 – 2018 G. The issuance of this edition coincided with the opening of Sharjah Archaeological exhibition in Lisbon in Portuguese.
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April 20, 1986In its third edition (2019G), the third annual magazine highlights Sharjha’s eastern coast surveys, in addition to initial notes about the sea shells collected from the emirate’s coast in 1985 G. A testing trench was unearthed, dating back to pre-history at Qassimya area. The said annual magazine also presents a study of pre-history ages and […]
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August 8, 2022The modern town of Mleiha situates about 50 km to the east of Shariah. the ancient site of Mleiha comprises a wide agricultural settlement containing a variety of archaeological features dating to the post Iron Age, Hellenistic and post Hellenistic periods. The oldest archaeological discoveries recorded so far in Mleiha date back to the 3rd […]
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January 1, 2021This paper is an approach to the study and documentation of a quite large group of rock art boulders at Khatm al Melaha (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). More than 150 decorated stone blocks, with almost 400 motifs, have been identified on a hill close to the Arabian Sea coast, highlighting its importance as a control […]
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November 30, 2022This book is considered an era of gold, a journey in the collection of Mr. Abdullah bin JassimAl-Mutairi, one of the most important books in the history of Islamic coins because it representsa specialized academic scientific study of a group of coins kept in the collection of Mr. Abdullahbin Jassim Al-Mutairi, and it is clear […]

News Update
We narrate the news through story, history, and archaeological remains.
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- General news
- February 17, 2022
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