Excavations
Archaeological sites narrating the story of civilization in Sharjah emirate. There are scores of archaeological sites discovered in Sharjah emirate, deeply rooted in history, greatly enriching our understanding of their cultural, thought and knowledge treasures, exhibiting Sharjah emirate’s position on the world civilization map.
DRONE, Sony A7III, Faro S70: MLH-7 Monumental and Subterranean Tombs, Mleiha Archaeological Center, SharjahThe excavated part of a large graveyard located south of the Mleiha fort. The types of tombs and the findings which have ... Read More
The excavated area of the famous horse and camel tomb that is now reconstructed and on display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center in Mleiha, Sharjah. Pre-Islamic. Read More
Jabal Al-Emaileh is a site located approximately 15km south of Mleiha, Sharjah that consists of four stone funeary structures including Tomb I. Excavations into Tomb I were completed in 1993 and revealed fragmentary human bone, ... Read More
Bilingual South-Arabian / Aramaic funerary inscription discovered inside the burial chamber of tomb FA-5, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. (Overlaet 2018:14 Figure 9, Catalog No. 1). Central panel in south Arabian script, text along the rim in ... Read More
Tomb III is very unique structure. The tomb’s large size is unusual for mortuary monuments of the early 3rd millennium B.C. The internal perimeter wall, at its preserved height of 1.4 meters, shows no evidence ... Read More
Jabal Al-Emaileh is a site located approximately 15km south of Mleiha, Sharjah that consists of four stone funeary structures including Tomb IV. This tomb is a low stone cairn that measures approximately 12 meters in ... Read More
Mleiha 3 – Umm an-Nar Tomb“Close to the Mleiha Archaeological Centre lies the Umm an-Nar tomb, which is considered to be the most impressive grave building among the many ancient funeral sites in the Mleiha ... Read More
BHS 37 is a Bronze Age / Iron Age, U-shaped subterranean tomb measuring 3.7m in length and 5.3m in width. Investigations of this tomb resulted in the discovery of human remains and a wide range ... Read More
Thuqeibah is an important Iron Age archaeological site located in the municipality of al Madam, in the Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). It has been dated to around 900 BC. It includes a well-preserved ... Read More
Thuqeibah is an important Iron Age archaeological site located in the municipality of al Madam, in the Emirate of Sharjah. It has been dated to around 900 BC. It includes a well-preserved village and an ... Read More
During the excavation carried out in 2020 in one of the houses of the Iron Age settlement of Thuqeibah the original mud flooring of one of the rooms was discovered, dated around 900 BC. On ... Read More