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an ancient UAE mystery revealed

Edit The National 15 May 2016
The earliest finds uncovered at UAQ2 date to the 6th millennium BC, which make the site the oldest Neolithic coastal settlement to have been discovered on the southern shores of the Arabian Gulf ... "Buhais is a well-known cemetery from the 5th millennium BC and if you study the jewellery there its style is sufficiently different to tell us that the people at UAQ2 or Akab did not belong to the same group." ... nleech@thenational.ae ... ....

a spirit made from the spit of ancient virgins

Edit New Statesman 03 Apr 2016
Around the solid centre of the rice kernel, mystery builds. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> ... its shinpaku, or heart ... a local would order nihonshu. As for sake’s status as a national drink, its birthplace was probably the Yangtze Basin of China, in about the 5th millennium BC, though it was the Japanese who refined that early potion into the elegant beverage we know today....

ISIS destroying Middle East heritage in Syria, Iraq

Edit The Charlotte Observer 21 Aug 2015
The Islamic State group’s demolition of the St. Elian Monastery in the central Syrian province of Homs is the latest in a long campaign that has destroyed or extensively damaged some of the Middle East’s most spectacular archaeological and cultural sites ... In addition to pre-Islamic sites, the militants have also targeted churches, mosques and museums ... ST. ELIAN ... PALMYRA ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

IS destroying heritage in Syria and Iraq

Edit The Associated Press 21 Aug 2015
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Islamic State group's demolition of the Saint Elian Monastery in the central Syrian province of Homs is the latest in a long campaign that has destroyed or extensively damaged some of the Middle East's most spectacular archaeological and cultural sites ... In addition to pre-Islamic sites, the militants have also targeted churches, mosques and museums ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

Sites in China, Iran, Mongolia and Singapore inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Jul 2015
(Source. UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Bonn, Germany, 4 July-The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the inscription of six cultural sites on World Heritage List ... Susa contains several layers of superimposed urban settlements in a continuous succession from the late 5th millennium BCE until the 13th century CE ... The villagers are semi-nomadic agro-pastoralists ... **** ... Media Contacts.....

Islamic State destruction of Nimrud part of campaign to erase history

Edit Denver Post 07 Mar 2015
A bicyclist rides past the destroyed Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis in 2014 in central Mosul, Iraq. Islamic State militants destroyed the centuries-old mosque and the Mosque of the Prophet Younis, two revered ancient shrines in Mosul. The United Nations considers such destruction a war crime. (Photos by The Associated Press) ... (AP . Antonio Castaneda) ... (AP . Antonio Castaneda) ... It is thought to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

IS group erasing history, culture in Syria, Iraq

Edit The Miami Herald 06 Mar 2015
The Islamic State group’s destruction of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq is part of a systematic campaign to destroy archaeological sites it says promote apostasy ... The rampage, targeting priceless cultural artifacts often spanning thousands of years, has sparked global outrage and accusations of war crimes ... IRAQ ... –––. NIMRUD ... –––. MOSUL MUSEUM. On Feb ... ––– ... ––– ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

Islamic State group erasing history, culture in Syria, Iraq

Edit Stars and Stripes 06 Mar 2015
BEIRUT — The Islamic State group's destruction of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq is part of a systematic campaign to destroy archaeological sites it says promote apostasy ... The rampage, targeting priceless cultural artifacts often spanning thousands of years, has sparked global outrage and accusations of war crimes ... Iraq ... Nimrud ... Mosul museum. On Feb ... Shrines ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

Islamic State Erasing History, Culture in Syria, Iraq

Edit Real Clear Politics 06 Mar 2015
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Islamic State group's destruction of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq is part of a systematic campaign to destroy archaeological sites it says promote apostasy ... The rampage, targeting priceless cultural artifacts often spanning thousands of years, has sparked global outrage and accusations of war crimes ... IRAQ ... ---. NIMRUD ... ---. MOSUL MUSEUM ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

ISIS is erasing history in Iraq and Syria

Edit Business Insider 06 Mar 2015
Screen grabISIS militants. See Also. BEIRUT (AP) -- The Islamic State group's destruction of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq is part of a systematic campaign to destroy archaeological sites it says promote apostasy ... The rampage, targeting priceless cultural artifacts often spanning thousands of years, has sparked global outrage and accusations of war crimes ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

IS group destroys, pillages ancient Syrian, Iraqi sites in acts decried as war crimes

Edit Fox News 06 Mar 2015
Published March 06, 2015Associated Press. Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print. FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, July 27, 2014, a bicyclist rides by the destroyed old Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis in central Mosul, Iraq ... (AP Photo, File) (The Associated Press) ... (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) (The Associated Press) ... (AP Photo, File) (The Associated Press) ... It is believed to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C ... ....

In pictures: Bahrain's ancient pearl fishing

Edit BBC News 19 Jan 2015
Pearl fishing was the mainstay of Bahrain's economy from the 5th millennium BC until the 1930s - when it fell victim to cheap competition. With most of the country's population involved in the industry - from diving down to the rich oyster beds in the Gulf to building ships and trading the largest and most luminous pearls to merchants - the island's economy, culture and social structure evolved around the pearl ... ....

6,000-yr-old Mesolithic encampment found at Stonehenge dig

Edit The Siasat Daily 21 Dec 2014
London, December 21. ... Archaeologist David Jacques, who made the discovery on a dig which launched the University of Buckingham's MA in Archaeology in October, said that this was the latest dated Mesolithic encampment ever found in the UK and Blick Mead site connects the early hunter gatherer groups returning to Britain after the Ice Age to the Stonehenge area all the way through to the Neolithic in the late 5th Millennium BC. (ANI) ... ....
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