🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Bustan, Oman
Al Bustān (Arabic: البستان) is a village in Muscat, in eastern Oman (23°34'15.02"; 58°36'32.70"E, 8 m altitude). Its cemetery was used during the Samad Late Iron Age.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Akhdhar, Oman
Al-Akhdhar is an archaeological site in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman. It is a cemetery containing remains dating from the Umm al-Nar, Wadi Suq, Late Iron Age (Samad), and Islamic periods.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Buraimi Aflaj System (Oman-UAE Border Oasis)
Iron Age to Modern (Hafit to Islamic) · Hajar oasis (Magan to Islamic)
Cross-border aflaj network (320 m, 24°15′N 55°45′E Buraimi) extending the UNESCO Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman (1207, 2006) from Nizwa-Sharqiyah to the Hajar-Buraimi piedmont.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Nejd, Sultanate of Oman
Al-Nejd is an archaeological site in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman. It was a fortified village inhabited during the Samad Late Iron Age and possibly during Islamic times.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
Iron Age (1000 BCE) to present · Omani, Iron Age to Islamic
Approximately 3,000 still-active aflaj (singular falaj) thread Oman, of which five exemplars — Daris, Al-Khatmeen, Al-Malki, Al-Jeela and Al-Muyassar — are inscribed.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Hafit Desert Kites (Al Ain piedmont, UAE–Oman border)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Hafit, 3200–2600 BCE) · Hafit (early eastern Arabian pastoral)
14 Hafit piedmont kites (3200–2600 BCE) interlocked with beehive tombs — Al Ain UNESCO landscape.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Falaj al-Khatmeen (Birkat al-Mouz — UNESCO aflaj flagship)
Iron Age II to Islamic (1000 BCE–present; active) · Iron Age Oman (Lizq–Rumaylah) → Sasanian → Islamic Ya'aribah
3.5-km Iron Age daudi qanat (c.1000 BCE, 8 shafts) delivering 70 l/s — UNESCO aflaj flagship at Birkat al-Mouz.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Land of Frankincense
The Land of Frankincense (Arabic: أرض اللبان, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Lubān or Arabic: أرض البخور, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Bakhūr) is a site in Oman on the Incense Road.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Khor Rori
Khor Rori (Arabic: خور روري, romanized: Khawr Rawrī) is a bar-built estuary at the mouth of Wādī Darbāt in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, near Taqah.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Arabic: ٱلْمَوَاقِع ٱلْأَثَرِيَّة فِيْ بَات وَٱلْخُطْم وَٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Al-Mawāqiʿ al-Athariyyah fī Bāt wal-Khuṭm wal-ʿAyn) are a group of…
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Aflaj System of Rustaq and Batinah Piedmont (Rustaq–Suwaiq Lines)
Sassanian to Ya'rubi (500–1650 continuous) · Rustaq Batinah tribe communities
Batinah piedmont aflaj swarm: 18 lines (1.2-8 km) feeding Rustaq fortress oasis on Hajar bajada.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Akhdhar
al-Akhḍar (literally, the green) in Wadi Samad (22°50'37"N, 58°10'39"E, 577 m altitude) is an archaeological site in Mudhaibi Wilayat Sharqiyah, in Central Oman.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Amqat
Al-Amqat is an archaeological site in al-Dakhaliyah, Oman. Located on a slope to the north of the oasis, the cemetery dates to the Samad Late Iron Age.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Izki
Izki (Arabic: إِزْكِي) is a town in the Ad Dakhiliyah region of northeastern Oman. It is located at c. 544 m (1,785 ft) altitude, and has a population of 35,173 (2003 census).
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Ubar (Ubaruq) Mustatil Field — Rub al Khali eastern edge (Shisr–Mudayy)
Neolithic (Arabian Humid Period, 5300–5000 BCE) · East Arabian Neolithic (Ubar–Wusta pastoral, Humid Period)
30 large mustatils (5300–5000 BCE) at Ubar — easternmost Rub al Khali cattle-cult province.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Wadi Shab Aflaj System
Iron Age to Islamic ~500 BCE–1000 CE · Omani (Sassanian overlay)
Emerald-pool wadi terraces fed by swim-through aflaj tunnels on Oman Gulf coast.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Aflaj al-Ain Nizwa Branch — Daudi Falaj Highland Channel
Sasanian to Islamic · Omani, Sasanian Persian, Ibadi
Nizwa Daudi mother well 30 m with 8-km tunnel and shari'a sharing basin, UNESCO aflaj highland branch.
🇴🇲 Oman · Earthwork
Jebel Qara Desert Kites
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, Qara Neolithic · Dhofar Neolithic pastoral-hunter groups
18 Neolithic limestone desert kites (4600-3800 BCE) on Dhofar's Jebel Qara, southernmost kite province at monsoon escarpment.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Pediment-Spur Archaeological Complex
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Pediment-Spur Archaeological Complex in Dhofar, Oman is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Al Madam
Al Madam (Arabic: ٱلْمَدَام) is an inland town of the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Dibba Al-Hisn
Dibba Al-Hisn (Arabic: دبا الحصن, white Dibba) is a semi-exclave of the emirate of Sharjah, one of the seven United Arab Emirates.