{"id":2943,"date":"2019-04-02T03:14:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T23:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2019-04-04T02:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T22:48:09","slug":"press-release-new-archaeological-discoveries-at-abu-dhabis-earliest-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/press-release-new-archaeological-discoveries-at-abu-dhabis-earliest-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release – New archaeological discoveries at Abu Dhabi’s earliest village"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) issued a press release about the latest results from our excavations at the MR11 site on Marawah Island in Abu Dhabi emirate. Here are links to the original press releases in both arabic and english language:<\/p>\n

WAM Emirates News Agency, 2 April 2019
\n<\/strong>Marawah Island uncovers Abu Dhabi history with new findings<\/a><\/p>\n

WAM Emirates News Agency, 2 April 2019 (in arabic)
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A number of UAE newspapers then featured the news including Al Bayan<\/a>, Al Ittihad<\/a>, Al Khaleej<\/a>, Emirat Al Youm<\/a>, Gulf News<\/a>, Gulf Today<\/a>, Khaleej Times<\/a> and The National,<\/a> who included a gallery of related photographs:<\/p>\n

The National, 2 April 2019<\/strong>
\nNew archaeological discoveries at Abu Dhabi’s earliest village<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the eight photographs which were also issued along with the press release:<\/p>\n

\"\"Aerial view of the Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"From left to right: Peter Magee, HE Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Noura Al Hameli and Mark Jonathan Beech, examining Room 8 at the Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"HE Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak and Mark Jonathan Beech, examining Room 6 at the Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tariq Al Hammadi excavating on the southern side of the Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Noura Al Hameli mapping with a DGPS on the northern side of the Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement
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\"\"Flint trihedral point discovered at the\u00a0 Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement
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\n\"\"Painted plaster vessel fragments recovered from the Area C mound at the MR11 Stone Age settlement
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Today the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) issued a press release about the latest results from our excavations at the MR11 site on Marawah Island in Abu Dhabi emirate. Here are links to the original press releases in both arabic and english language: WAM Emirates News Agency, 2 April 2019 Marawah Island uncovers Abu … Continue reading Press Release – New archaeological discoveries at Abu Dhabi’s earliest village<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2987,"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/2987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}