Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years
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cnn.com
>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.
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.
This reads more like an advertisement / nationalist propaganda, than the celebration of an important historical discovery.
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.
There are 11 or 12. Nobody considers them sacred. A marketing company came up with it.
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