Attended the Abu Dhabi Awards ceremony this evening at the Emirates Palace Hotel. Peter Hellyer, previously Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS), received one of the awards. I briefly feature in the short film clip which introduced Peter prior to him being presented with the Abu Dhabi Award by H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, and Vice Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council.

A special folklore night and dinner was organised by our Kuwaiti hosts at the end of the “Kuwait Through the Ages” conference. This was held in the open courtyard of the Museum of Modern Art in Kuwait City.

Off to Kuwait today for the “Kuwait Through the Ages” conference, 4-6 March 2014.

Check out today’s story in The National, 2 March 2014 –

Fossilised tooth found in Western Region provides further evidence that monkeys lived in Arabia seven million years ago