Zayed commended how Frifelt as a female had left her own country to travel to an unknown and distant place such as Abu Dhabi to explore its prehistory.
In Oman the 1972 expedition led by Frifelt discovered the archaeological landscapes of Bat later also inscribed as a UNSCO world heritage site.
In 2004 Soren Blau from the University of Adelaide, Australia, published a biographical article in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, that highlighted the pioneering work of Karen Frifelt and her legendary female colleague Beatrice de Cardi.
Abu Dhabi's pavilion featured a presentation of the Danish archaeological expedition's recent discoveries from Umm an-Nar Island and the Al Ain Oasis.
[11] For years Frifelt worked closely with T. G. Bibby organizing the records and finds of Moesgaard Museum and Aarhus University's Arabian Gulf expeditions.