Al Bustan, Oman
Al Bustān (Arabic: البستان) is a village in Muscat, in eastern Oman. (23°34'15.02"; 58°36'32.70"E, 8 m altitude). Its cemetery was used during the Samad Late Iron Age.
23°34′15″N 58°36′33″E / 23.57083°N 58.60917°E
Overview
In 1991 the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture became aware of the cemetery, close to the Al-Bustan Palace.
In the same year a team from the German Mining Museum in Bochum excavated seven graves.
Sources
- Paul Yule, Die Gräberfelder in Samad al-Shan (Sultanat Oman): Materialien zu einer Kulturgeschichte (2001), Taf. 482-500 ISBN 3-89646-634-8.[1]
- Paul Yule, Cross-roads – Early and Late Iron Age South-eastern Arabia, Abhandlungen Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 30, Wiesbaden 2014, 89 ISBN 978-3-447-10127-1
- Paul A. Yule, Valourising the Samad Late Iron Age, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 27/1, 2016, 31‒71.
External links
See also
References
- ^ NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 13 October 2016
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Geonames database entry. (search) Accessed 2011-05-12.
| Authority control databases: Bandar Al Rowdha East Breakwater Lighthouse |
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