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Historical highlights in the depths of human civilization

Stone lid
Stone lid for south Arabian vessels. Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. 3rd century BCE – 1st century CE. Mleiha area 6.

Pre-Islamic Alabaster Jar Lid
Pre-Islamic disc shaped alabaster lid; the handle represents seated lion with centrally drilled hole. Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 2nd Century BCE-2nd Century CE.

Alabaster Vase No. 4
Alabaster Vase No. 4 of 47, from cache, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. The find was made by the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 2nd-3rd Century CE.

Pre-Islamic Copper Coin
Pre-Islamic Copper Coin, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 2nd-1st C BCE. Catalog number unk. Processed in Reality Capture from 367 images.Copper coin (12) Obverse: Athena head on the right. Her helmet, which is not represented, is summarized by a sequence of small festoons/scallops forming a sort of crown. Low, other […]

Bronze tetradrachm coin
Bronze tetradrachm coin from MleihaObverse: head of Heracles wearing the pelt of a lion, on the right. The nose is slightly arcuated and the lips are made of two traits. The eye is almond-shaped. on his cheek, a centering point. The pelt is realized through a succession of scales and the lion’s throat surrounds the […]

Pre-Islamic Amphora handle
Pre-Islamic amphora handle with a stamp bearing the name of “Antimakhos”., Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 2nd Century BCE-3rd Century CE.

Paleolithic Stone Tool
Paleolithic Stone Tool, Jebel al-Faya, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center.

Alabaster Jar
Pre-Islamic Alabaster Jar, Mleiha ML 5, Sharjah, UAE. In storage at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 250-150 BCE.

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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May 1, 2017This scientific research studies the animal remains found in the Luluiya Fort, which dates back to the Islamic period, and categorizes them into three categories: the remains of domesticated animals, the remains of wild or wild animals, and the remains of marine creatures, to find out the reasons for their presence in this place.
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January 1, 2020Extended supra-regional networks reaching from the Aegean to the Indus region can be attested since the Early Bronze Age. In this context, due to its geostrategic location, the Arabian Peninsula offers optimal conditions for nodes of these networks and probably functioned as a mediator between the East and the West. New fieldwork conducted by the […]
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January 3, 2016Twenty years of discoveries for the Department of Ancient History, international scientific bodies and the Spanish archaeological team in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). “Sargon, the king, laid in the port of Akkad the ships of Meloukha, Dilmun, and the ships of Majan.” In the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century, our scientific teams, […]
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November 28, 2022We are honoured to propose this property in the Emirates of Shariah for inclusion on the ISESCO Islamic world Heritage List. The accompanying submission comprise of the historic town in the Heart of Shariah and Al Hisn ( Shariah Fort ) , that one served as the headquarter of Shariah Government and centre of justice […]
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August 4, 2022Dibba al – Hisin, a coastal city within the Emirate of Sharjah, is located on the east coast of the UAE and boarders the sea of Oman. it is situated approximately thirty milels north of the Emirate of Fujairah and ninth miles to the east of the Emirate of Dubai.The history of pre-Islamic Arabic contains […]
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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, 2013Key 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, […]
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This scientific research studies skeletons found in Jebel Al-Amilah after they were revealed by the winds that removed the light sandy layer that covered them. The results of the radiocarbon dating process showed that these structures dated to the Sassanid period, and this is confirmed by the presence of Sasanian seals with one of these […]

News Update
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- General news
- February 17, 2022
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