Qattara Oasis

[1] The oasis has been extensively surveyed by students from Al Ain University since 2015,[2] and is home to 19 buildings of varying antiquity, of which nine are mosques.

A find of particular interest from Qattara is a Bronze Age pendant discovered in the 1970s depicting a double-bodied or entwined pair of horned animals.

[4] Made from electrum, an alloy of silver and gold, the motif is found repeated in a number of Bronze Age sites in the UAE.

The Wadi Suq communal tomb at Qattara is thought to have been constructed from stones recovered from previous Umm Al Nar burials.

[6] The falaj irrigation system at Qattara is protected by the Al Daramikah Tower, erected by the tribe which cultivated the oasis into the 20th century.

A pendant depicting a pair of entwined, horned animals found at Qattara Oasis, Al Ain
An iron age dagger, dated to 1,000 BCE, from Qattara. Displayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi , on loan from Al Ain Museum .