Location of Bidaa Bint Saud in United Arab Emirates
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Bidaa Bint Saud (Arabic: بِدَع بِنْت سُعُوْد, romanized: Bidaʿ Bint Suʿūd) is an archaeological site in Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E., notable for its Hafit Period tombs, Iron Age irrigation systems and rare remains of an Iron Age building thought to have been a distribution centre for water from two aflaj (systems of underground and surface waterways). It is a listed UN World Heritage Site.[1][2] Finds from the site are displayed at Al Ain National Museum.[3]
The dating of pottery from the aflaj (singular falaj) waterways found at the site demonstrates a south-eastern Arabian origin for this distinctive system of irrigation,[4] previously thought by many scholars to have been Persian in origin.[1][5] The dating of aflaj in Bidaa bint Saud, Al Ain and Buraimi, both of which are in the historical region of Tawam,[6] has been placed several centuries prior to the Achaemenid Empire, which had previously been credited with the innovation.[7]
The site, located some 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) north of Al Ain, is thought to have been a stopping place on a long-established caravan route from settlements at Al Ain to the Northern Emirates. The rocky outcrop of Garn bin Saud looms some 40 m (130 ft) above the site and is dotted with burial remains.
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BidaaBintSaud (Arabic: بِدَع بِنْت سُعُوْد, romanized: Bidaʿ Bint Suʿūd) is an archaeological site in Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the...
remains have also been located across the UAE and Oman in sites such as BidaabintSaud, Jebel Buhais and Buraimi. Umm Al Nar (also known as Umm an-Nar) was...
(Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas), UNESCO, retrieved 2019-08-15 "The Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas)...
in and around Al Ain include aflāj (underground water channels) in BidaabintSaud, Al-Ain and Al-Buraimi which have been placed several centuries prior...
and is used widely in Oman, UAE, India, Iran, and other countries. BidaaBintSaud Hili Archaeological Park List of Ancient Settlements in the UAE List...
remains have also been located across the UAE and Oman in sites such as BidaabintSaud, Jebel Buhais and Buraimi. The first find of Hafit era tombs is attributed...
remains have also been located across the UAE and Oman in sites such as BidaabintSaud, Jebel Buhais and Buraimi in the UAE and Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn in...
been found throughout the UAE, particularly at Muweilah, Thuqeibah, BidaabintSaud, as well as Rumailah and Qattara in Al Ain. The development of increasingly...
predominant weapons. Long swords found at Qattara, Qidfa, Qusais and BidaabintSaud are double-edged and hilted. Light throwing spears also marked the...
(Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas), UNESCO, retrieved 2019-08-15 "The Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas)...
ISBN 1-9007-2488-X. OCLC 54405078. "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2018-07-16...
Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas)". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 February 2016. "Historic Town...
Durham University. 2016. "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas), UNESCO". "Umm An-Nar – An Ancient Island in Abu Dhabi...
Remains of the Bamiyan Valley Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas) Fortifications of Vauban Frontiers of the Roman Empire...
Ancient Settlements in the UAE "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas)", Unesco, 2011-06-27 Salama, Samir (2011-12-30). "Al...
UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011. "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, BidaaBintSaud and Oases Areas)". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 Dec 2011. "Dilmun Burial Mounds"...