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Dubai Museum ( Arabic: متحف دبي) is the main museum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located in the Al Fahidi Fort ( Arabic: حصن الفهيدي ), built in 1787 and is the oldest existing building in Dubai. The museum was opened by the Ruler of Dubai in 1971, with the aim of presenting the traditional way of life in the Emirate ...
Monumental statues. Christ the Redeemer is perhaps the most famous statue of Jesus, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christ the King in Portugal. Christ the King is another very famous statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in Almada, overlooking the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Christ the King overlooking the Dog River basin in Lebanon.
Meliha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding the village of Mleiha in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. Built around a preserved Umm Al Nar era tomb, [1] the centre details the excavations and discoveries made over the past 40 years at Mleiha and surrounding ...
Categories: Buildings and structures in the United Arab Emirates by type. Landmarks in the United Arab Emirates. Monuments and memorials by country. Monuments and memorials in Asia by country. Hidden category: Automatic category TOC generates no TOC.
The area currently known as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (previously the Trucial States) was formerly populated by inhabitants of a number of coastal and inland settlements, with human remains pointing to a pattern of transmigration and settlement as far back as 125,000 years. [ 1] Prehistoric settlement in the UAE spanned the Neolithic, with ...
The list below contains an image of the site or part of the site; the name as inscribed by UNESCO; the location; the nominating state party; the criteria met by the site, including if it is a cultural, natural or mixed; the area in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones, with a value of zero implying that no data is published by UNESCO; the year the site was inscribed; and a ...
The architecture of the United Arab Emirates has undergone dramatic transformation in recent decades, from operating as a collection of fishing villages to a global business hub known for its innovation and dynamism. [ 1] Between the 1960s and 1970s, architecture in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) remained solely traditional, with narrow alleys ...
Tomb of Absalom. Coordinates: 31°46′37.05″N 35°14′20.25″E. Tomb of Absalom (western facade), with the entrance to the Cave of Jehoshaphat (left) behind it. The Tomb of Absalom ( Hebrew: יד אבשלום, romanized : Yad Avshalom, lit. 'Absalom's Memorial'), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a ...