Mleiha is a UNESCO-nominated World Heritage Web site in Sharjah, UAE, and residence to among the most vital archaeological discoveries together with Bronze Age tombs, forts and fossils.
The Mleiha Archaeological Centre permits guests to be taught concerning the historical settlers within the area and charts their historical past from the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, Iron, pre-Islamic, and Islamic ages to the trendy ages.
Mountaineering trails adorn the close by mountains together with the Valley of the Caves the place visitors can participate in guided excursions.
Tharindu Wickrama Achchillage, Deputy Head of Operations & Tourism Improvement at Sharjah Funding & Improvement Authority advised Euronews, “So [it’s] Neolithic… ‘neo’ standing for brand spanking new, ‘lithic’ that means stone. We're speaking about new Stone Age websites. These are websites that contained artefacts like arrowheads and blades that have been carved out of flint that we discover throughout us.”
Commenting on the various caves dotted throughout the huge mountain scape he added,” These have been locations extra so used for non permanent stays. So, storms and issues like that, the place they wanted to cover away. Storing meals, stone instruments, issues like that.”
Sheikha Nawar Al Qassimi is Vice President of the Sharjah Artwork Basis. Having grown up within the emirate, she’s a eager outdoor fanatic and commonly hikes the large trails.
“It is particular as a result of it is proper at our doorstep, initially. And there are such a lot of websites like this in Sharjah, there are such a lot of areas to discover, and it is fairly simple," she defined. "You do not have to be like an professional hiker to come back out right here.”
With a wealthy historical past and breathtaking landscapes, it’s additionally one of many nation’s prime desert journey locations because of the rolling crimson sand dunes.
Off-road buggy racing is likely one of the hottest journey actions within the Mleiha desert. Excessive-octane and adrenaline-fuelled, thrill seekers can race via the sands subsequent to Fossil Rock.
It’s embedded with marine fossils that may have lined the seabed 60 million years in the past.
Close by, Camel Rock can be a geographical marvel that dates again 80 million years and is called as such as a result of it’s formed like a camel head.
These landmark rock formations are surrounded by among the most scenic desert trails within the UAE. Stargazing and tenting are additionally common with these seeking journey as they flock to the area to expertise the rugged panorama and all it has to supply.
“Sharjah is actual. It's what it's and doesn’t attempt to be the rest […] It’s obtained all the things from arts, tradition, music, schooling, movie, mountaineering nature. You see individuals from in every single place, and it’s a really genuine expertise of what this area has to supply,’ provides Sheikha Nawar Al Qassimi.
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