Landscape of Tombs, Jebel al-Buhais

Distance:
Country

United Arab Emirates

Region

Sharjah

Material

Stone

Age

Prehistoric

Provenance

Drone Tombs 63-64

Internal ID

Buhais T63-64

Digitization date

15/02/2020

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

2412

Hardware

DJI Phantom 4 Pro

Lens

20 mm

Lighting

sunlight

Jebel Buhais or Jebel Al-Buhais (Arabic: جَبَل بُحَيْص جَبَل ٱلْبُحَيْص‎is an extensive rocky outcrop and important archaeological site located near Madam in the central region of the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE, about 48 kilometres southeast of the city of Sharjah. The area contains an extensive necropolis, consisting of burial sites spanning the Neolithic, Bronze, Iron and Pre-Islamic ages of human settlement in the area. Burials at Jebel Buhais (Jebel is Arabic for mountain) date as eaarly as the 5th Millennium BCE. Decription adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebel_Buhais.

Global Digital Heritage has digitally documented a large number of these tombs. Four of which are in this image as annotations. Model created from 2418 photos from Phantom P4 Pro V2, and processed in Reality Capture.