List of Ancient Settlements in the UAE
Settlements

List of Ancient Settlements in the UAE

Section Title: Settlements
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Settlement	Emirate (modern)	Populated	Notes

Al-Ashoosh	Dubai	2500–2000 BCE	Umm Al Nar site with no burial discovered.

Al Madam	Sharjah	1100–300 BCE	Iron age aflaj (water systems)

Al Sufouh	Dubai	2500–2000 BCE	Umm Al Nar site with tomb

Bidaa bint Saud	Abu Dhabi	3200–2600 BCE	Hafit and Iron age burials

Bithnah	Fujairah	2000–300 BCE	Wadi Suq burials and iron age petroglyphs

Ed-Dur	Umm Al Quwain	5300 BCE–300 CE	Major ancient city/settlement spanning Ubeid period through Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq to Iron Age

Hili	Abu Dhabi	3200–2600 BCE	Hafit and Umm Al Nar tombs

Jebel Buhais	Sharjah	5000–1300 BCE	Necropolis featuring Stone, Bronze, Iron and Hellenistic age burials

Jebel Faya	Sharjah	125,000 BCE	Neolithic, Paleolithic, Stone, Bronze age finds (See Mleiha)

Jebel Hafeet	Abu Dhabi	3200-2600 BC	Gave its name to the Hafit period, extensive beehive tombs, with some reconstructed

Jumayra	Dubai	Connected to the historical region of Tawam.

Kalba	Sharjah	2500–1300 BCE	Umm Al Nar settlement

Masafi	Ras Al Khaimah	1300–300 BCE	Iron age finds

Mleiha	Sharjah	5300–300 BCE	Settlement through Ubaid, Hafit, Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq and Iron Age to Hellenistic Mleiha period.

Muweilah	Sharjah	1100–600 BCE	Iron Age II settlement

Qattara Oasis	Abu Dhabi	1800–1500 BCE	Bronze and Iron age settlement

Rumailah	Abu Dhabi	2000–1000 BCE	Umm Al Nar through to Iron Age II settlement

Saruq Al Hadid	Dubai	2600 BCE–1000 CE	Occupation since Umm Al Nar period, major Iron Age metallurgical centre

Seih Al Harf	Ras Al Khaimah	2000–1300 BCE	Extensive Wadi Suq burial site

Shimal	Ras Al Khaimah	2500–1300 BCE	Umm Al Nar/Wadi Suq burials

Tell Abraq	Umm Al Quwain/Sharjah	2500–400 BCE	Major settlement, spanning Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq and Iron Age

Thuqeibah	Sharjah	1100–400 BCE	Iron age II and III settlement

Umm Al-Nar	Abu Dhabi	2600–2000 BCE	Burials and settlement defined the Umm Al Nar period

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Ed-Dur settlement is one of the archaeological sites in the Umm Al Quwain emirate.

final_sentence: Ed-Dur settlement is one of the archaeological sites in the Umm Al Quwain emirate.