[2] The lower reaches of the wadi are lined to either side with a number of pre-Islamic burials.

[3] Wadi Helo is traditionally home to the Mazari tribe and was a wealthy tobacco growing centre.

Today the upper reaches of the wadi are dotted with hundreds of abandoned stone-lined tobacco plantations.

A reconstructed Bronze Age tomb sits alongside the village fort.

[2] This area has been preserved as an archaeological site by the government of Sharjah and was part of Sharjah's 2018 bid for UNESCO World Heritage Status, under the heading 'Sharjah, Gateway to the Trucial States',[5] which included the Heart of Sharjah; Sharjah Fort; the former barracks of the Trucial Oman Scouts in Mirgab; Al Mahatta Fort, the first airport in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf; Dhaid Fort and Oasis; the coastal town of Khor Fakkan; the oasis of Wadi Al Helo and Fili Fort, following the Heart of Sharjah theme of a return to the simplicity and natural lifestyles of the 1950s.