SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY AUTHORITY

A SUSTAINABLE WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR SHARJAH EMIRATE’S AUTHENTIC ARCHAEOLOGY

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Sharjah Archaeology Authority

Titled “Department of Archaeology and Heritage”, under the umbrella of the Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah Archaeology Department was established in 1986 to supervise all the archaeological and heritage sites all over Sharjah emirate and to provide the necessary protection to them; in addition to carrying out the archaeological exploration operations and overseeing the exploration work of the foreign expeditions operating in Sharjah emirate.

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.

Alabaster Vase No. 47

Alabaster Vase No. 47 of 47, from cache, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE.

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 […]

Ceramic jar

Small ceramic jar from Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. Early Bronze Age. 2300 BCE.

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

Sharjah Archaeology Authority concludes its participation in the UAE Innovation Month

Sharjah Archaeology Authority concluded its participation in the activities of the UAE Innovation Month in Sharjah, which was organized at…

February 14, 2020
Local

Civilization Unity and Cultural Diversity

Under the motto ” civilizational Unity and Cultural Diversity “Sharjah Archaeology Authority will participate in the sixth periodical joint Fair…

January 18, 2020
International

Contribution to Sharjah Fringe Festival

His Excellency Dr. Sabah Aboud Jassim, Director-General of Sharjah Archaeology Authority, said: “We are pleased to contribute to sponsoring Sharjah…

January 16, 2020
Local

Our Latest Publications

September 20, 2022
Fatimids Mosques

This 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 […]
January 1, 2014
Late pre-Islamic burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE)

This scholarly article presents a study of pre-Islamic tombs at the archaeological site of Mleiha.
January 1, 2018
ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 14

The 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 […]
January 1, 2018
“Pre-Islam Coinages In Eastern Arabian Peninsula”

The 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 […]
January 1, 1992
ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 10

It 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 […]
January 1, 2019
ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 17

This 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.
April 20, 1986
ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 3

In 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 […]
August 8, 2022
Umm an-Nar Tomb at Mleiha

The 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 […]
January 1, 2021
New insights into human occupation through rock art at Khatm al Melaha archaeological site (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

This 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 […]
November 30, 2022
An era of gold / the second era

This 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 […]