IBRI: The French National Scientific Research Centre in cooperation with the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, announced the discovery of a 151-metre water channel. It also announced the discovery of another water channel dating back to the old Islamic age in the Al Aredh archeological site in the Wilayat of Ibri.
Also unearthed were houses dating back to the third millennium BC. The building has two rooms and numerous fireplaces. The foundation of the house was built from rocks and the walls from mud.
Among the new discoveries at Al Aredh archeological site are remnants of seven towers and nearly 1,000 burial grounds dating back to the third millennium BC. The mission unearthed remnants of human skeletons, pottery and a semi-intact jar dating back to the Jemdet Nasr period in Mesopotamia.
The mission is carrying out archeological excavations at a building located to the west of the site believed to be dating back to the fourth millennium BC. Inside the house were numerous copper pieces. The building is believed to have been used for melting copper.
Corinne Castel, head of the French mission explained that the discoveries date back to the 25th century BC, to the ancient Magan civilization which coincided with the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia in what is now south Iraq. During the excavation the mission uncovered graves containing utensils belonging to Mesopotamia civilization. A factory for making weapons of copper was found in the site suggesting that ancient Oman was famous for copper industries as was mentioned in stone slabs that had been discovered in Mesopotamia. — ONA
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