An impressive archaeological park in Al Ain | Visit Abu Dhabi
Explore the historical Hili Archaeological Park, just 10 kilometres outside of Al Ain.
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If you’re a history buff, you have to get to the incredible city of Al Ain, about an hour and a half away from Abu Dhabi city. Al Ain is the UAE’s first World Heritage Site and is home to a 4,000-year-old oasis, 5,000-year-old tombs and the Hili Archaeological Park. Come to Al Ain for rich discovery and adventure!
Hili Archaeological Park combines both a public garden and an impressive archaeological site, making it a popular place for international visitors and residents.
The site not only provides the earliest known evidence of an agricultural village in the United Arab Emirates but also contains other Bronze Age and Iron Age villages, burial grounds, forts and agricultural infrastructure. The early agricultural village is located at Hili Site 8 and dates to 3000BCE. Artefacts from these sites can be seen in Al Ain National Museum.
In the period between 2500BCE and 2000BCE, the settlement at Hili expanded. This period is called the Umm an-Nar period after the island off the coast of Abu Dhabi where the remains of this culture were first found. The largest collection of tombs and buildings from this period in the UAE is located at Hili. A number of these Bronze Age structures, located within the Hili Archaeological Park, are open to the public.
The park’s centrepiece is the Hili Grand Tomb, dating to about 2000BCE. Built in a circular form with a diameter of up to 12 metres, and approximately 4 metres high, the tomb was used to bury people from surrounding settlements. The tomb has two entrances decorated with beautifully engraved reliefs portraying human and animal figurines.
You’ll find Hili near Fossil Valley, an area rich in a variety of fossils dating back many thousands of years to when it was covered by the sea.
Even if you’re not staying in Abu Dhabi or Al Ain, once you’ve had a look at things to do in Dubai or elsewhere in the United Arab Emirates on your UAE trip, come and experience what Abu Dhabi and Al Ain have to offer.
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