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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
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.