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Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)
| Site number: | 1343 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | Prehistoric | |
| Date of Inscription: | 2011 | |
| Location: | Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain | |
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| Description: | The Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) constitute a serial property that testifies to sedentary human occupation of a desert region since the Neolithic period with vestiges of many prehistoric cultures. Remarkable vestiges in the property include circular stone tombs (ca 2500 B.C.), wells and a wide range of adobe constructions: residential buildings, towers, palaces and administrative buildings. Hili moreover features one of the oldest examples of the sophisticated aflaj irrigation system which dates back to the Iron Age. The property provides important testimony to the transition of cultures in the region from hunting and gathering to sedentarization. --WHMNet's description is from WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| Al Ain (Arabic: العين, al-ayn, literally The Spring), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates. With a population of 374,000 (2009), it is located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about 120 km south of Dubai. Al Ain is the birthplace of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first president of the United Arab Emirates, and it has the country's highest number of Emirati nationals. Al Ain is located in Abu Dhabi, inland on the border with Oman. The freeways connecting Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai form a geographic triangle in the center of the country, each city being roughly 130 kilometers from the other two.
Hili Archaeological Park is the location of a Bronze Age site in Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Hili is the largest Bronze Age site in the UAE and dates from the 3rd millennium BC. Other remains include settlements, tombs, and a falaj dating from the Iron Age. Some of the site is located outside the park in a protected area. Finds from the site can be seen in the Al Ain National Museum in central Al Ain. The Hili Grand Tomb is a 12 meter diameter tower that has been reconstructed. The tombs belong to the Umm an-Nar culture. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. |
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| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1343 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1343). 2. Wikipedia. | |