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Metal Detecting Finds in United Arab Emirates

1 published discovery from United Arab Emirates — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Global Finds has 1 find from the United Arab Emirates, a famous historical find. It is filed under weapons. It is the Saruq al-Hadid, iron Age metalworking, about 1100-600 BC.

The law: In the United Arab Emirates, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.

Discoveries from United Arab Emirates

1 find

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Famous findIron Age metalworking, about 1100-600 BC · found 2002

Saruq al-Hadid: Dubai's ruler spotted dark dunes from his helicopter, and the desert gave up Iron Age swords and gold

United Arab Emirates · Weapons

In 2002 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, flying over the desert south of Dubai, noticed a patch of dark dunes. It was a crust of ancient copper slag, and beneath it archaeologists have found more than 12,000 objects, among them Iron Age swords, daggers and gold jewellery.