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A Golden Tribute to the Ancient Umm Al Nar Civilisation
The first archeological excavation that brought to light the ancient Arabian civilisation of Umm Al Nar celebrates its golden jubilee.
Today, the history-making event is celebrated in Abu Dhabi with an international conference that explores and reveals half a century of subsequent excavations in the country.
Organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development, under the patronage of Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, the March 1-4 ‘International Conference on the Archaeology of UAE’ is being attended by nearly 200 scholars and archaeologists, many of whom were carrying out excavations here.
Among them is Beatrice DeCardi, a UK archeologist and expert of pre-Islamic history in the Arabian Gulf, who was among the pioneers of archeological research in the Emirates.
De Cardi, who first carried out excavations on the East Coast of present-day UAE in 1969 and later on in Ras Al Khaimah, is back here, now 94 years old, to participate in the conference. During the opening ceremony on Sunday night, she was awarded by Shaikh Mansour for her achievements.
Also on Sunday night, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Culture, opened the conference with a reminder of the archeological journey of the UAE. ‘It was one of the most beautiful days of UAE’, he said describing the discovery of Umm Al Nar civilisation. It all started on February 20, 1959, when a Danish archaeological team led by P V Glob arrived in the country and started its excavation work at the island of Umm Al Nar.
‘A settlement and a cemetery of 50 tombs dated back to the second half of the third millennium BC were discovered. This ancient history of the UAE was called the Umm Al Nar Civilisation,’ he said.
‘As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first archaeological excavations in the UAE, we pay tribute to all the archaeological teams whose tireless efforts have placed the UAE on the map of civilisations and given its historical and archaeological depth’, said Al Owais.
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