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Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years

56 points by clouddrover 5y ago

ErikAugust 5y ago
http://trimread.org/articles/68313 http://trimread.org/articles/68313 No JavaScript
- samb1729 5y ago
  https://trimread.org/articles/68313 https://trimread.org/articles/68313 No JavaScript, no man in the middle
ricardobeat 5y ago
> The discoveries on Ghagha island highlight that the characteristics of innovation, sustainability and resilience have been part of the DNA of the inhabitants of this region for thousands of years This reads more like an advertisement / nationalist propaganda, than the celebration of an important historical discovery.
- carapace 5y ago
  > ," said Mohamed Al Mubarak, chairman of the department. You left that out. That sentence is a quote from a statement from a high-ranking administrator to the press, so it sounds like "an advertisement / nationalist propaganda" because that's pretty much what it is. That doesn't detract from the archeological significance of the site.
- Ozzie_osman 5y ago
  A lot of countries with tourism industries hire PR agencies to help with promoting their tourism industry. Obviously, the governments paying these agencies want exposure but they don't want the message to be "look how awesome our ancestors were" without tacking on a "oh and we are still awesome too".
  - brightball 5y ago
    On Maui there is a site called the “7 Sacred Pools”. There are 11 or 12. Nobody considers them sacred. A marketing company came up with it.
- deleted 5y ago
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aww_dang 5y ago
"The Submerged World of the Arabian Gulf" (2019) 50 mins, Richard Cuttler >The seabed around the world has proven to be an archaeological treasure trove, consistently yielding items that are rewriting history books and filling museums. The Arabian Gulf has one of the longest and richest seafaring traditions anywhere in the world. Prior to 8,000 years ago sea levels were considerably lower and the land to the north of the Emirates was an open and potentially fertile landscape. This landscape is an untapped resource, offering the prospect of not only ancient wrecks, but discoveries from the distant prehistoric submerged landscape of Abu Dhabi. This talk delves into the intricacies surrounding the Arabian Gulf as it relates its' position as an archaeological treasure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eq-Jyb4bPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eq-Jyb4bPw
- ncmncm 5y ago
  I have been trying to find this video for months. %*?&$# youtube search! He called it the Arabian Gulf, while we usually call it the Persian Gulf. (Maybe that is why.) As sea level rose, people would be forced out of ancestral villages to places other people already lived in.

56 points by clouddrover 5y ago

ErikAugust 5y ago

http://trimread.org/articles/68313 http://trimread.org/articles/68313 No JavaScript

samb1729 5y ago
https://trimread.org/articles/68313 https://trimread.org/articles/68313 No JavaScript, no man in the middle

ricardobeat 5y ago

> The discoveries on Ghagha island highlight that the characteristics of innovation, sustainability and resilience have been part of the DNA of the inhabitants of this region for thousands of years This reads more like an advertisement / nationalist propaganda, than the celebration of an important historical discovery.

carapace 5y ago
> ," said Mohamed Al Mubarak, chairman of the department. You left that out. That sentence is a quote from a statement from a high-ranking administrator to the press, so it sounds like "an advertisement / nationalist propaganda" because that's pretty much what it is. That doesn't detract from the archeological significance of the site.
Ozzie_osman 5y ago
A lot of countries with tourism industries hire PR agencies to help with promoting their tourism industry. Obviously, the governments paying these agencies want exposure but they don't want the message to be "look how awesome our ancestors were" without tacking on a "oh and we are still awesome too".
- brightball 5y ago
  On Maui there is a site called the “7 Sacred Pools”. There are 11 or 12. Nobody considers them sacred. A marketing company came up with it.
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aww_dang 5y ago

"The Submerged World of the Arabian Gulf" (2019) 50 mins, Richard Cuttler >The seabed around the world has proven to be an archaeological treasure trove, consistently yielding items that are rewriting history books and filling museums. The Arabian Gulf has one of the longest and richest seafaring traditions anywhere in the world. Prior to 8,000 years ago sea levels were considerably lower and the land to the north of the Emirates was an open and potentially fertile landscape. This landscape is an untapped resource, offering the prospect of not only ancient wrecks, but discoveries from the distant prehistoric submerged landscape of Abu Dhabi. This talk delves into the intricacies surrounding the Arabian Gulf as it relates its' position as an archaeological treasure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eq-Jyb4bPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eq-Jyb4bPw

ncmncm 5y ago
I have been trying to find this video for months. %*?&$# youtube search! He called it the Arabian Gulf, while we usually call it the Persian Gulf. (Maybe that is why.) As sea level rose, people would be forced out of ancestral villages to places other people already lived in.