Mleiha_3_Umm an-Nar Tomb

Distance:
Country

United Arab Emirates

Region

Sharjah

Material

Stone

Age

Prehistoric

Provenance

Sharjah

Internal ID

Mleiha_Museum_Tomb_RC2

Digitization date

21/02/2020

Digitization method

Photogrammetry/Laser Scanner/Drone Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

2906

Hardware

Faro S70, Sony A7iii, Phantom 4 Drone

Lens

24mm Sigma F1.4

Lighting

sunlight

Mleiha 3 – Umm an-Nar Tomb

“Close to the Mleiha Archaeological Centre lies the Umm an-Nar tomb, which is considered to be the most impressive grave building among the many ancient funeral sites in the Mleiha area. Constructed around 2300 BCE, the burial site was used for approximately 200 years.

Measuring in at a huge 13.85m in diameter, this circular Bronze Age grave is one of the largest from the Umm an-Nar period throughout the whole of the UAE. The grave chamber is separated into an eastern and western half, each then further sub-divided into four units with doorways connecting one chamber to another.

The discovery of a single well-shaped rectangular stone block (typical of the tomb buildings of the Umm an-Nar Early Bronze Age culture)”

from: http://www.discovermleiha.ae/archaeological-sites/