Pre history in the UAE
Feb 18th 2008, 5:55 am
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Pre history in the UAE
http://gulfnews.com/nation/General/10190534.html
"Artefacts, including an axe and tools to crack open animal bones, dating back to more than 150,000 years have been discovered in Abu Dhabi"
Very cool if you like that kind of thing, just goes to show that they do have some history here, its just that there still discovering it
"Artefacts, including an axe and tools to crack open animal bones, dating back to more than 150,000 years have been discovered in Abu Dhabi"
Very cool if you like that kind of thing, just goes to show that they do have some history here, its just that there still discovering it
Feb 18th 2008, 6:09 am
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Re: Pre history in the UAE
http://gulfnews.com/nation/General/10190534.html
"Artefacts, including an axe and tools to crack open animal bones, dating back to more than 150,000 years have been discovered in Abu Dhabi"
Very cool if you like that kind of thing, just goes to show that they do have some history here, its just that there still discovering it
"Artefacts, including an axe and tools to crack open animal bones, dating back to more than 150,000 years have been discovered in Abu Dhabi"
Very cool if you like that kind of thing, just goes to show that they do have some history here, its just that there still discovering it
If anyone is interested, here's their website:
http://www.enhg.org/
Feb 18th 2008, 6:11 am
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Re: Pre history in the UAE
http://gulfnews.com/nation/General/10190534.html
"Artefacts, including an axe and tools to crack open animal bones, dating back to more than 150,000 years have been discovered in Abu Dhabi"
Very cool if you like that kind of thing, just goes to show that they do have some history here, its just that there still discovering it
"Artefacts, including an axe and tools to crack open animal bones, dating back to more than 150,000 years have been discovered in Abu Dhabi"
Very cool if you like that kind of thing, just goes to show that they do have some history here, its just that there still discovering it
They really don't make them like they used to...
Feb 18th 2008, 6:23 am
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Re: Pre history in the UAE
There are an awful lot of archaeological sites dotted around the UAE - fossil sites, prehistoric elephant tracks in the sabka, burial mounds. The National History Group does some interesting field trips to various sites.
If anyone is interested, here's their website:
http://www.enhg.org/
If anyone is interested, here's their website:
http://www.enhg.org/
http://www.adias-uae.com/index.html
a site of ancient settlement
http://www.adias-uae.com/khm.html
some info on the fossil record here
http://www.adias-uae.com/fossils.html
Feb 18th 2008, 6:24 am
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