{"id":8564,"date":"2019-03-30T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=8564"},"modified":"2019-03-30T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:12:44","slug":"fifteen-tombs-artefacts-uncovered-in-umm-al-qaiwain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2019\/03\/30\/fifteen-tombs-artefacts-uncovered-in-umm-al-qaiwain\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen tombs, artefacts uncovered in Umm Al Qaiwain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Further excavations have been carried out at the archaeological site of ed-Dur by the Department of Tourism and Antiquities in Umm Al Qaiwain it has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Alia al-Ghafli, the Director General of the Department, said that discoveries included 15 tombs, settlement remains, bronze statuettes, pottery and jewellery, dating back to the 1st Century AD. Coins in a style derived from the coins of the 4th Century BC Greek emperor Alexander the Great were also found, she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.wam.ae\/uploads\/2019\/03\/38733786918968522.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0083\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0081 15 \u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u008b\u00d9\u008b \u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ab\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0084 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u008a\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u0085\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0082\u00d8\u00b9 &quot;\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00b1&quot; \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00a3\u00d8\u00ab\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008a \u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u008a \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u0085 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d9\u0082\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0086\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes called \u2018Arabian Alexanders\u2019, such coins circulated widely in the eastern Arabian peninsula around the beginning of the Christian era. The discovery several years ago of a stone mould for making coins at Mleiha, Sharjah, confirmed that some of this coinage was minted in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The excavations project is in line with the strategy of Umm Al Qaiwain&#8217;s Government to support archaeological exploration across the Emirate,&#8221; Al Ghafli said. The objective is to learn more about the region\u2019s history through identifying more burial sites and by excavating more material, she added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.wam.ae\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2559557213627705398.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0083\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0081 15 \u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u008b\u00d9\u008b \u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ab\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0084 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u008a\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u0085\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0082\u00d8\u00b9 &quot;\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00b1&quot; \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00a3\u00d8\u00ab\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008a \u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u008a \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u0085 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d9\u0082\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0086\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.wam.ae\/uploads\/2019\/03\/688143605991180170.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0083\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0081 15 \u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u008b\u00d9\u008b \u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ab\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0084 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u008a\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u0085\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0082\u00d8\u00b9 &quot;\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00b1&quot; \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00a3\u00d8\u00ab\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008a \u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u008a \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u0085 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d9\u0082\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0086\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.wam.ae\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2704936605223885461.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0083\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0081 15 \u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u008b\u00d9\u008b \u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u0085\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ab\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0084 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u008a\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d9\u0085\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u0082\u00d8\u00b9 &quot;\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00af\u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00b1&quot; \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00a3\u00d8\u00ab\u00d8\u00b1\u00d9\u008a \u00d9\u0081\u00d9\u008a \u00d8\u00a3\u00d9\u0085 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d9\u0082\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0088\u00d9\u008a\u00d9\u0086\" width=\"712\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further excavations have been carried out at the archaeological site of ed-Dur by the Department of Tourism and Antiquities in Umm Al Qaiwain it has been announced. Alia al-Ghafli, the Director General of the Department, said that discoveries included 15 tombs, settlement remains, bronze statuettes, pottery and jewellery, dating back to the 1st Century AD. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8566,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8564\/revisions\/8566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}