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Bibi Maryam Tomb

Place : Qalhat or Galhat, Oman UNESCO The tomb of Bibi Maryam, also known as ‘The Mausoleum of Lady Maryam’ Qalhat once served as an important stop in the wider Indian Ocean trade network. In the 14th and 15th centuries it had great strategic significance in the Kingdom of Hormuz,…

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Jebel Hafeet Tomb

Approximately 5,000 years ago, in the shadow of the steeply rising, 1,160-metre Jebel Hafeet mountain, early inhabitants of the Al Ain region chose its northern and eastern slopes for a series of tombs for their dead. Hundreds of tombs have been found in this area, with artefacts at the tombs…

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