DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN UMM AL QUWAIN MINI SHEET
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| ED-DOUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE DETAILS |
| LOCATION AND HISTORY: THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE COAST OF UMM AL QUWAIN AND FLOURISHED AS A MAJOR COMMERCIAL PORT AND TRADE HUB FROM THE LATE FIRST CENTURY BCE TO THE THIRD CENTURY CE. IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS POSSIBLY THE ANCIENT PORT OF "OMANA" IN GREEK AND ROMAN SOURCES. |
| KEY STRUCTURES AND DISCOVERIES: EXCAVATIONS HAVE UNCOVERED NUMEROUS ARTIFACTS AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS MADE FROM LOCAL BEACH ROCK. |
| THE SUN TEMPLE: THE MOST NOTABLE DISCOVERY IS A RECTANGULAR PRE-ISLAMIC TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE SUN GOD, OR "SHAMASH," AS INDICATED BY AN ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION FOUND ON A BASIN INSIDE. |
| THE FORT: A SQUARE FORT WITH FOUR WALLS, EACH APPROXIMATELY 20 METERS LONG, AND ROUND CORNER TOWERS, LIKELY SERVED AS THE POLITICAL CENTER OF THE CITY. |
| ARTIFACTS: THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN FOUND, INCLUDING ROMAN GLASS, POTTERY FROM MESOPOTAMIA AND INDIA, JEWELRY, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCAL AND IMPORTED COINS, HIGHLIGHTING EXTENSIVE TRADE CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE ANCIENT WORLD |
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