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Archaeological research in Oman
14-02-2024…oldest, dated to the Early Bronze Age, or the so-called Umm an-Nar period (c. 2600–2000 BCE), were round stone towers typical of this culture tower tombs. “In general, traces of settlement from the Umm an-Nar period seem to be most prevalent in the study area. This shows that even a region located in a mountainous hinterland valley could have participated in the economic and demographic boom that occurred during this period,” Prof. Piotr Bielińs…
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New discoveries in Oman
13-01-2022…prove the archaeologists right. “The settlement from the Umm an-Nar phase is exceptional for including at least four towers: three round ones and an angular one. One of the round towers had not been visible on the surface despite its large size of up to 20 meters in diameter. It was only discovered during excavations,” said Dr Agnieszka Pieńkowska from the PCMA UW, who is analysing the Bronze Age remains within the project. New discoveries have…
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Tyre: Discovery of a new Roman Temple in the Phoenician port in Lebanon
01-10-2021…cult one. “The superimposed architectural remains, along with natural catastrophes, the rise of the sea level and the dynamic land development and public works in the recent decades efficiently obscured the character of ancient architecture,” admits Dr. Francisco J. Núñez. Although Lebanese excavations in Tyre started back in the 1960s, most of the documentation vanished among the turmoil of the civil war that broke out in 1975. Moreover, much o…
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Discovery of oldest representation of a water wheel on a Roman mosaic from Apamea
13-01-2021…h running water. The widespread use of the noria is associated with dynamic economic development, the abundance of alimentation, and the rapid enrichment of the population of these regions. The name noria is of Semitic origin (Syriac and Arabic), meaning water wheel which was used by the Semitic population for a long time, up to modern time (e.g. in Syria it was still in use during the first half of the 20th century), until the introduction of mec…
https://en.uw.edu.pl/discovery-of-oldest-representation-of-a-water-wheel-on-a-roman-mosaic-from-apamea/