Archaeologists discover stone age tools in Sharjah

Gulf News ^ | July 30, 2006 | Mariam M. Al Serkal

[SunkenCiv]

Tests conducted by experts showed the antiquities originated from the middle of the Old Stone Age. The Middle Palaeolithic is the second subdivision of the Old Stone Age in Europe, Africa and Asia, which dates between 300,000 and 30,000 years ago... Only a small sample of the artefacts were removed, they are currently being displayed during a conference held in London to study Arab antiques.

[SunkenCiv]

Arab antiques? That's Mohammedism.

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[Fred Nerks]

"The investigation and research were done under the directions of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and under the patronage of the Culture and Education Department in Sharjah..."

What a mouthful. The mountain range of Al Hajar is predominantly in Oman.

[Fred Nerks]

In the southeast region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi near Umm ez Zamoul, not far from the border between the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia a number of Neolithic sites have been recently discovered. In several locations of this region which extends within the territory of the U.A.E., namely to the west of the road linking Al Qua’a with Umm ez Zamoul, around seven thousand years ago stone age people actively practiced their daily life. The climate in this part of Arabia at that time was different from that of today, with more rainfall and more vegetation...

http://www.adias-uae.com/khm.html

Boy, that Global Warming thingy started a long long time ago...and it must have happened quite suddenly, they left their tools behind. /sarc.