It was believed that the souls of the dead would use the objects to help them move on in the afterlife.
By: Jolandi Steven. The first cargo of crude was exported from Jabel Dhanna in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in 1962. Get daily business news from the region delivered straight to your inboxThe Roads of Arabia: Archaeological treasures of Saudi Arabia will be on display until February 16 The exhibition was initially conceived back in 2010 jointly by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Cultural Heritage (SCTH) and the Musée du Louvre in Paris, where it was first exhibited. Six of the seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah) combined on that date. Artefacts reveal history of Abu Dhabi as trading hub Some items showcased at exhibition date back 10,000 years Published: May 02, 2011 00:00 By Aftab Kazmi, Al Ain Bureau Chief The seventh, Ras al Khaimah, joined the federation on 10 February 1972. On the East Coast, in Fujairah, the village of The Bidayah mosque's date of construction is uncertainHistory of human occupation in the United Arab Emirates His eldest son, Sheikh In March 2006, the United States forced the state-owned In December 2006, the UAE prepared for its first election to determine half the members of UAE's In August 2011, the Middle East saw a number of pro-democratic uprisings, popularly known as the The pearling industry and the Portuguese empire: 16th - 18th centuryPersian Gulf campaign of 1819 and General Maritime Treaty of 1820The pearling industry and the Portuguese empire: 16th - 18th centuryPersian Gulf campaign of 1819 and General Maritime Treaty of 1820Exclusive Agreement, signed between March 5 and March 8, 1892Schofield, Richard. Now the museum houses artefacts from nearby sites, weaponry that was used throughout the history of UAE. "There were different social classes before like there are today." In 1853, the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 4 May 1853 prohibited any act of aggression at sea and was signed by Abdulla bin Rashid of Umm Al Quwain; Hamed bin Rashid of Ajman; Saeed bin Butti of Dubai; Saeed bin Tahnoun ('Chief of the Beniyas') and Sultan bin Saqr ('Chief of the Joasmees').Signed in 1892, the 'Exclusive Agreement' bound the Rulers not to enter into 'any agreement or correspondence with any Power other than the British Government' and that without British assent, they would not 'consent to the residence within my territory of the agent of any other government' and that they would not 'cede, sell, mortgage or otherwise give for occupation any part of my territory, save to the British Government.Significantly, the treaties with the British were maritime in nature and the Trucial Rulers were free to manage their internal affairs, although they often brought the British (and their naval firepower) to bear on their frequent disputes. Finds at Rumailah include distinctive pottery adorned with One of the most significant Iron Age sites in the UAE is Muweilah, located in the Sharjah suburb of Al Jurainah, near The Saruq Al Hadid site in the desert south of Dubai was a centre of constant human habitation, trade and metallurgy from the Some of the many enigmas surrounding the site are its location far from sources of water, ore or firewood, all critical elements to a metallurgical centre. The area and the surrounding region was referred to as Arabian Peninsula. "Every artefact tells a story and captures a different side of the history of Sharjah and the UAE in general," says Nasir Al Darmaki, the curator at the museum. "One should never underestimate the stories a single monument can tell. "There is talk that perhaps some of the immigrants had rested at Faya Mountain, because of its lushness and rocky shelters, and then they continued their way to Asia and headed deep towards Australia. A particular town, Al-Dour, which is now an important archaeological site, is considered as one of the largest pre-Islamic site located on the coast of Persian Gulf. This was particularly the case where disputes involved indebtedness to British and Indian nationals. The first archaeological excavations in the UAE were in 1959, led by Peter Glob and his assistant Geoffrey Bibby. The following year, the first excavations started at one of the mounds on the plateau, now called Tomb I. The history of pearl diving in the UAE is ancient, with archaeologists finding evidence of this tradition dating back more than 7,000 years ago. Some of the oldest items include hand axes dating back to the dawn of human technology. It reflects the area's importance as a trading post for incense.
Another small stone from Mleiha dating to 100AD bears the Arabic letters, 'shams', or sun, second line has the letters 'dha, ba' and the third has a carved 'noon' or n letter, giving an insight into the language of the area. "We are still discovering and researching the stories behind our finds," says Al Darmaki. The chord end was held in the hands of those who were to pull him out. Prosperity prevailed in the Arabian Peninsula, so much so that the Greeks and Romans called it Felix Arabia, the happy or blessed Peninsula.