What's new? - 2003

January - March 2003

read the ADIAS March 2003 newsletter

April - June 2003

read the ADIAS June 2003 newsletter

17-19 July 2003

co-presented a paper at the Seminar for Arabian Studies, held at the British Museum, London, entitled: "New archaeological investigations at Abu Dhabi Airport, United Arab Emirates by Mark Beech, Heiko Kallweit and Peter Hellyer (Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)". To read the abstract for this paper click here.

27-29 September 2003

Dr. Mark Beech and Karen Cooper from ADIAS make a visit to Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. During the visit they met representatives from the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture, the Natural History Museum, the Department of Archaeology at Sultan Qaboos University, and the Bait Al Zubair Museum.

29 September 2003

Dr. Mark Beech gave a lecture entitled "Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries in Abu Dhabi" to the Historical Association of Oman in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

7 October 2003

Dr. Mark Beech gave a lecture to the Emirates Natural History Group at the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi from 8-9.30 p.m. The lecture was entitled "Elephants in the Desert: discovery of a new Late Miocene fossil site at Ruwais, Western Region of Abu Dhabi".

10 October 2003

Visit the ADIAS Press page and read the article entitled "A Plunge into the Past" by Anjana Sankar which appeared in the Khaleej Times Weekend magazine.

11 October 2003

Dr. Mark Beech gave a lecture to students at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. The lecture was entitled "The Environmental History of Abu Dhabi Emirate: a palaeontological and archaeological perspective".

16 October 2003

Added new web page about the building of the scale model of a 'Stegotetrabelodon syrticus', a primitive 4-tusked elephant which lived in Abu Dhabi some 6-8 million years ago. This model is being built by Abdul and Izhar Hafeez from the Private Department, and will form part of an exhibition of Miocene fossils due to be held in Abu Dhabi early in 2004.

18 October 2002

Visit the ADIAS Press page and read the articles entitled When Rivers ran through Ancient Arabia by Patricia Groves and Windows that Open to the Past, an interview with ADIAS Senior Resident Archaeologist, Dr. Mark Beech, by Aruna Shaji (Source: Oman Observer).

6 November 2003

Read the ADIAS November 2003 newsletter.

22 November 2003

Added new clickable map of archaeology of Abu Dhabi and the UAE. This includes links to pages on ADIAS projects, as well as to other important archaeological sites and areas in the UAE, and Musandam (Sultanate of Oman).

9 December 2003

Added link on the ADIAS Press page to a new ADIAS press release about Ancient Elephant Footprints discovered in Abu Dhabi's Western Region - part 1 and part 2 (Source: WAM).

Peter Hellyer (ADIAS Executive Director) and Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS Senior Resident Archaeologist) attended the opening of the "Images from the Past - ADCO's Emirates History and Heritage Photography Exhibition", held at the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi.

10 December 2003

Visit the ADIAS Press page and read the articles entitled "Elephant footprints discovered in Western Abu Dhabi" which appeared in Khaleej Times and "Fossilised footprints of elephants discovered" which appeared in Gulf News.

14 December 2003

Peter Hellyer (ADIAS Executive Director), Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS Senior Resident Archaeologist) and Simon Aspinall (ADIAS Environmental Studies Unit Director) attended the 40th Anniversary of the First Crude Oil Shipment from Abu Dhabi gala celebration, which was held at the Hiltonia Garden Arena in Abu Dhabi.

16 December 2003

The new book by ADIAS on the Late Islamic period sulphur mines at Jebel Dhanna was officially launched at the "40th Anniversary of the First Crude Oil Shipment from Abu Dhabi" reception, which was held at the Jebel Dhanna refinery. A copy of the book was presented to His Excellency Yousef Omair Bin Yousef, Secretary-General of the Supreme Petroleum Council and Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC by Peter Hellyer (ADIAS Executive Director), Dr Mark Beech (ADIAS Senior Resident Archaeologist) and Simon Aspinall (ADIAS Environmental Studies Unit Director). For more details about the new book click here.

29 December 2003