Seih Al Harf
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Seih Al Harf is an archaeological site in Northern
Discovery and excavation
The site was first discovered in the late 1980s by British archaeologists and was put under a preservation order by the
Seih Al Harf was excavated by a team from the University of Durham, led by Derek Kennet, in the spring of 2013. The site comprises a series of 50 burial sites, of which two were directly threatened by the road development, an 18-metre horseshoe shaped and a W-shaped tomb. Both were collective graves. Ten other excavated features were also impacted by the road development.[2]
The 2013 dig excavated three monumental graves, six smaller collective tombs and a number of smaller burials. The three monumental tombs were all stone-built,
Included in some 10,000 artifacts[2] removed from Seih Al Harf for research, the Durham team found a large variety of spearheads, arrowheads, razors, jewellery (including carnelian beads), blades, soft-stone and pottery vessels. One find included the skeleton of a woman found still wearing her bangles on her forearm.
References
- ^ Sara Sabry (2013-02-10). "New archaeological site found in Ras Al Khaimah". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ a b c Sara Sabry (2013-04-05). "Ancient graves unearthed in RAK". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ "Archaeologists make last ditch attempt to rescue remains of pre-historic tombs in RAK". The National. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ "Qarn al-Harf - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-06.