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Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Fort, Al-Ain
Al Ain Museum (), also known as Al Ain Museum (), is a museum in the city of Al Ain, within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Description and history The museum, the oldest in the UAE, is located next to the Eastern Fort (or Sultan Bin Zayed Fort).''Al Ain National Museum'', Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage, UAE. It is on the eastern side of the Al Ain Oasis, the largest oasis in Al Ain. It was built by the former UAE President, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, to house archaeological finds from the surrounding area, including the Hafit-era 'beehive' tombs near Mezyad. The museum was inaugurated by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the Ruler's Representative in the Eastern Region, on 2 November 1971. The museum has two main sections on ethnographic and archaeological aspects of the country, especially around Al Ain. It includes finds from the Bronze Age tombs at the Mezyad and Hili Archaeological Parks on the outskirts of Al Ain. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ain
Al Ain () is a city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the seat of the administrative division of the Al Ain Region. The city is Oman–United Arab Emirates border, bordered to the east by the Omani town of Al-Buraimi. Al Ain is the largest inland city in the Emirates, the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, fourth-largest city (after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), and the second-largest in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Controlled-access highway, freeways connecting Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai form a geographic triangle in the country, each city being roughly from the others. Climate and geography Al Ain is known as the "Garden City" () of Abu Dhabi, the UAE or the Persian Gulf, Gulf, due to its greenery, particularly with regard to the city's oases, parks, tree-lined avenues and decorative roundabouts, with strict height controls on new buildings, to no more than seven floors. According to one author, the oases around Al Ain and Al-Ahsa Oasis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezyad, Al-Ain
Mezyad () is a settlement in the Al Ain Region, Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to the south of the main part of Al Ain City, on the Oman–United Arab Emirates border, border of the United Arab Emirates, U.A.E. and Oman. It is known for having a #Fort, historical fort, and is part of a desert park, which also includes a necropolis and Jebel Hafeet, Mount Hafeet nearby. The park can be called either "Mezyad Desert Park" or "Jebel Hafeet Desert Park". History As a region, Al-Ain has been inhabited for over 7 millennia, as demonstrated by archeological finds. In particular, there are Jebel Hafeet beehive tombs, tombs shaped as beehives in the area of Mezyad, at the base of Jebel Hafeet, which date back to the Hafit period of the Early Bronze Age, besides In the 1950s, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed, who would become the founding President of the United Arab Emirates, discovered the tombs, and brought this to the attention of a Danish team, leading to an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jebel Hafeet
Jabal Hafeet (, "Mount Hafeet"; variously transcribed Jabel or Jebal and Hafit – literally "empty mountain") is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab Emirates and Oman. It is often considered an outlier of the Hajar Mountains in Eastern Arabia due to its proximity to the main range. To the north is the UAE city of Al Ain, in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the adjacent Omani town of Al-Buraimi. The sole mountain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and one of the highest mountains in the country, it has given its name to a period in UAE history, the Hafit Period of the Bronze Age (3200 to 2600 BCE), because of the discovery of a cluster of important beehive tombs at its foothills. As of 2017, the mountain is recognised as being part of a national park, and was incorporated into the Sheikh Zayed Network of Protected Areas in 2018. Climate Jebel Hafeet has a hot desert climate (BWh) according to the Köppen climate classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ain Zoo
Al Ain Zoo (), also "Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort" or simply "Al Ain Wildlife Park" (), is a zoo located in the foothills of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It is primarily composed of ungulates and herbivores, such as Arabian antelopes. It also holds oryx, eland, gazelle, and lechwe, as well as the rare white lion and Nubian giraffe. There are 68 species of mammals, 88 species of birds and 35 species of reptiles available in the 50 hectares of zoo houses. History and fauna In 1968 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates joined efforts and decided on founding a national zoo. This decision was born out of their genuine concern of the land's wildlife. In 1969 it was established by Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and in 1972 it opened to the public. Among the species they wanted to protect were ungulates such as the Arabian oryx. Today, the zoo hosts over 4,000 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Museums In The United Arab Emirates
The following museums are located in the United Arab Emirates. * Al Ahmadiya School * Al Ain National Museum * Al Mahatta Museum * Al Eslah School Museum * Al Hisn Fort Museum * Camel Museum * Dubai Museum * Dubai Coins Museum * Etihad Museum * Fujairah Heritage Village * Fujairah Museum *Guggenheim Abu Dhabi * Louvre Abu Dhabi * Saeed Al Maktoum House * Salsali Private Museum * Salwa Zeidan Gallery * Sharjah Art Museum * Sharjah Archaeology Museum * Sharjah Calligraphy Museum * * Sharjah Heritage Museum * Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization * Sharjah Maritime Museum * Sharjah Science Museum * Sheikh Obaid bin Thani House * Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum * Madame Tussauds Dubai * Museum of the Future *Zayed National Museum * See also * List of museums * Culture of the United Arab Emirates {{DEFAULTSORT:Museums in United Arab Emirates Museums United Arab Emirates Museums Museums United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cultural Property Of National Significance In The United Arab Emirates ...
Abu Dhabi Central Region Eastern Region Western Region Ajman Dubai Fujairah Ra's al-Khaimah Sharjah Heart of Sharjah Umm al-Quwain See also * List of Ancient Settlements in the UAE References {{reflist Cultural property Cultural property, also known as cultural patrimony, comprises the physical items that are part of the cultural heritage of a group or society, as opposed to less tangible cultural expressions. They include such items as cultural landscapes, histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultural Policy In Abu Dhabi
Cultural policy in Abu Dhabi, a city within the United Arab Emirates, refers to any initiative undertaken by the Emirate government aimed at achieving goals to contribute to or shape culture. Abu Dhabi's government aims to develop a cultural infrastructure that will allow it to establish itself as a reference point for culture on three levels: *Locally, Abu Dhabi would preserve and sustain local traditions and heritage, promoting itself as the custodian of true Emirati and Arab identity, counterweighting cultural homogenization due to increasing shares of expatiates in the population; *Regionally, the focus on culture is meant to help the city and the Emirate compete against traditional centers of power in the Arab world (e.g. Egypt, Lebanon, pre-conflict Syria, etc.) for a leading role in Middle Eastern politics; *Globally, Particular focus on the service sector and innovation. Since 2004, the Abu Dhabi government has invested resources to attain these goals. It has done so by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ain Palace Museum
Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum (), also known as "Al Ain Palace Museum" (), is a museum in the city of Al Ain, within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Description The museum is based in the palace of the former UAE President, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918–2004), and his family. It was originally built in 1937 on the western side of the Al Ain Oasis, the largest oasis in Al Ain. Sheikh Zayed lived here until 1966. It was made into a museum in 1998. The museum presents many of the rooms in the palace, including an art gallery. Many of the rooms are of the ''majlis'' (meeting room for receiving visitors) type. In one of the courts there is a replica grand court tent, representing a link with Bedouin life. There is also a Land Rover similar to the one driven by Sheikh Zayed in the desert to visit Bedouin communities. Behind the museum is the Al Ain Oasis, with an entrance close by, and a path leading through the oasis to the Al Ain National Museum. See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hili Archaeological Park
Hili Archaeological Park () is the location of a Bronze Age site in Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Description and history Hili is the largest Bronze Age site in the UAE and dates from the 3rd millennium BC. Other remains include settlements, tombs, and a ''qanat, 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 tower measuring in diameter that has been reconstructed. The tombs belong to the Umm al-Nar culture. In May 2019 the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism reported that fingerprints about 3000 years old were found at Hili II. They apparently belonged to craftsmen who constructed a wall at the site. See also * Al Ain Oasis * Tawam (region) ** Al Buraimi Governorate#History and prehistory, Al-Buraimi * Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn * Hafit period * Ibri * List of Anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of the three-age system, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age. Conceived as a global era, the Bronze Age follows the Neolithic, with a transition period between the two known as the Chalcolithic. The final decades of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean basin are often characterised as a period of widespread societal collapse known as the Late Bronze Age collapse (), although its severity and scope are debated among scholars. An ancient civilisation is deemed to be part of the Bronze Age if it either produced bronze by smelting its own copper and alloying it with tin, arsenic, or other metals, or traded other items for bronze from producing areas elsewhere. Bronze Age cultures were the first to History of writing, develop writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnographic
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining the behavior of the participants in a given social situation and understanding the group members' own interpretation of such behavior. As a form of inquiry, ethnography relies heavily on participant observation, where the researcher participates in the setting or with the people being studied, at least in some marginal role, and seeking to document, in detail, patterns of social interaction and the perspectives of participants, and to understand these in their local contexts. It had its origin in social and cultural anthropology in the early twentieth century, but has, since then, spread to other social science disciplines, notably sociology. Ethnographers mainly use qualitative methods, though they may also include quantitative data. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
