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United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

CapitalAbu Dhabi
RegionWestern Asia
CurrencyAED
Official languagesArabic
Access to the seaYes
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Abu Dhabi city view as a capital reference
United Arab Emirates · City or town

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is a city in the United Arab Emirates and the country’s capital. The available information identifies the city but does not describe local sights, transport or services.

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Shaded path with date palms and an irrigation channel in Al Ain Oasis.
United Arab Emirates · City or town

Al Ain

Al Ain makes most sense as a connected landscape of oases, settlements and tombs, where irrigation channels and agriculture are part of the city’s history.

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Shaded path with date palms and an irrigation channel in Al Ain Oasis.
United Arab Emirates · Place of interest

Al Ain Oasis

Al Ain Oasis shows how irrigation channels, farm walls and palm shade shape an agricultural system that remains part of the contemporary city.

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Fossil Rock
United Arab Emirates · Place of interest

Fossil Rock

Fossil Rock offers a way to read the marine geological history within today’s desert landscape. The article presents it as a landscape stop that can complement archaeological interpretation at Mleiha, rather than replace a visit to the centre.

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Circular stone Grand Tomb at Hili Archaeological Park.
United Arab Emirates · Place of interest

Hili Archaeological Park

Hili Archaeological Park in Al Ain brings together settlement and canal remains with the Great Tomb, whose scale reflects Bronze Age burial practices.

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Exterior of Mleiha Archaeological Centre against Sharjah's desert landscape.
United Arab Emirates · Region or area

Mleiha

Mleiha preserves traces of a pre-Islamic community, including monumental tombs, fortifications and evidence of long-distance trade. Its Archaeological Centre helps interpret these remains and distinguish them from Faya’s prehistoric record.

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Exterior of Mleiha Archaeological Centre against Sharjah's desert landscape.
United Arab Emirates · Place of interest

Mleiha Archaeological Centre

Mleiha Archaeological Centre interprets stone tools, burial contexts and technological changes found in the area. It offers a starting point for understanding the difference between Faya’s prehistoric evidence and Mleiha’s pre-Islamic community.

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