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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.​
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Historical highlights in the depths of human civilization​

Ceramic Jar

Ceramic Jar

Ceramic Jar from Tell Abraq, Sharjah, UAE. Dated to 2300 BCE, Bronze Age.

Stone Lion Lid

Stone Lion Lid

Stone lid with lion-shaped knob for south Arabian beehive vessels. Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. 3rd century BCE – 1st century CE. Mleiha area 7. Calcite.

Steatite lid

Steatite lid

Steatite lid bearing incised decoration from the Jebel al-Buhais site. The Iron Age 2 dated betwee 1000-600 BCE.

Pre-Islamic Silver Coin

Pre-Islamic Silver Coin

Pre-Islamic Silver Coin, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. “1st century BC – 1st century AD. Tetradrachm (15 g.). Imitating Alexander the Great. Obverse: Stylized head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress; “wart” on cheek . Revese: Figure seated right, left arm extended, holding scepter in right hand; on right arm, horse standing left; date-palm and cone-shaped […]

Alabaster Vase No. 2

Alabaster Vase No. 2

Alabaster Vase No. 2 of 47, from cache, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. The find was made by the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 2nd-3rd Century CE.

Softstone vessel

Softstone vessel

Softstone vessel, Dibba, Sharjah, UAE. Incised decorations and flat base. 1st millenium BCE.

Pre-Islamic Gold Jewellery

Pre-Islamic Gold Jewellery

Pre-Islamic Gold Jewellery, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 1st-2nd Century CE.

Ceramic Jar

Ceramic Jar

Ceramic Jar from Kalba, Sharjah, UAE. Dated to 1800 BCE, Bronze Age.

Small Roman glass bottle

Small Roman glass bottle

Small Roman glass bottle from the site of Dibba al-Hisn, in Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesThe bottle was found in a Roman-Parthian period tomb dating to the 1st C CE. Pre-Islamic in the regional chronology.

Neolithic Stone Biface

Neolithic Stone Biface

Neolithic bifacially retouched flint knife, Jebel al-Faya, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 6th-5th millenium BCE.

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International Exhibitions​

Various exhibitions narrating Sharjah’s civilization and history​

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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…
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Civilization Unity and Cultural Diversity

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

  • Sharjah Archaeology Authority- book 22
    January 1, 2018
    ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 16
    The edition contains 16 reports on the results of the fieldwork such as geophysical investigations conducted by the Belgium expedition in Mleiha, the important discovery of the tomb of “Amd” the Omana King’s Advisor, in late 2015 G. There is a report on the fieldwork in both sites of Muweleh and Tal Abraq 2014-2017 by […]
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    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.
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    January 1, 1999
    The excavation of a camel cemetery at Mleha, Sharjah, U.A.E.
  • Sharjah Archaeology Authority- ANNUAL ARCHAEOLOGY 20 1
    November 28, 2022
    ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 20
    We are pleased to present this new issue of the Sharjah archaeology Yearbook issue 20 to add to the series of previous topics concerned with publishing the result of recent Archaological discoveries in the Emirate of Sharjah. and contains six reports several forgian archaeological teams submitted these during the past year and early this year.
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    August 10, 2021
    Islamic Coinage Guide – Part One
    The first part of this book covers the coinage of the era of the Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) and the Islamic Caliphate, and begins with an introduction to the study of Islamic coinage and their significance, as well as how to benefit from them and use them to study Islamic history and civilization, as […]
  • Sharjah Archaeology Authority- book 33
    November 26, 1989
    ANNUAL SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE 5
    The report highlights the surveys, the testing sensors, and the excavation works at Mleiha and Al Dhaid Plain- Al Madam. This is in addition to preliminary reports on restoration and maintenance of the archaeological discoveries by a joint local – French team in 1989.
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    January 1, 2013
    The environmental context of Paleolithic settlement at Jebel Faya, Emirate Sharjah, UAE
    Key to the understanding of Pleistocene human dispersals and settlement dynamics is knowledge about the distribution of human habitats in space and time. To add information about the characteristics of inhabited environments along the South Arabian dispersal route, this paper presents paleo-environmental data from deposits excavated at Jebel Faya (FAY-NE1) in the Emirate of Sharjah, […]
  • Sharjah Archaeology Authority- cover en
    April 1, 2012
    Neolithic cremation in south-east Arabia: archaeological and anthropological observations at FAY-NE10 in the Emirate of Sharjah (UAE)
    This research studies the charred human bone fragments that were found in a small cave in Jabal Al Faya, located in the Emirate of Sharjah, which date back to the Neolithic age according to the results of the radiocarbon dating process.
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    January 1, 2014
    Excavations at Jebel Faya — The FAY-NE1 shelter sequence
    This article studies the FAY-NE1 site located in Jebel Faya, which is key to the study of early human history in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula. This site went through a series of settlement periods covering a time period of at least 210,000 years, which left behind a huge amount of sedimentation at the Jebel Faya […]
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    January 1, 2021
    Ancient Arab coins discovered at the archaeological site of Mleiha
    This scientific research presents a group of ancient Arab coins discovered at the archaeological site of Mleiha, where this site is considered a distinguished site with regard to ancient archaeological coins, due to the discovery of a coin casting mold in 1991 AD, in one of the facilities of the Great Fort, in conjunction with […]
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Sharjah’s Sira Khorfakkan Island in for Major Transformation after being Declared Archaeological Reserve

THE FAMOUSLY IMPREGNABLE ISLAND OVERLOOKING EMIRATE’S EAST COAST IS A TREASURE TROVE OF HISTORY GOING BACK AS FAR AS THE…
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“SHARJAH ARCHAEOLOGY” ANNOUNCES THE INCLUSION OF “SHARJAH: GATEWAY OF THE TRUCIAL STATES” IN THE FINAL LIST OF ISLAMIC WORLD HERITAGE

The First UAE Site to be Included in the ListThe Heritage Committee of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural…
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NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA REVEAL HUMAN OCCUPATION AT THE JEBEL FAYA ROCK SHELTER, UAE, REACHING BACK 200,000 YEARS

An international team of researchers from the Sharjah Archaeology Authority and the universities of Tübingen, Freiburg and Oxford Brookes, have…
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