The Ministry of Heritage and Culture has identified 748 sites for archaeological research, excavation and maintenance.
Also, 2,660 historical and archaeological landmarks and 26,693 pieces of artefacts have also been discovered. The ministry, since its inception in 1976, is overseeing these sites.
At the opening of a symposium held here recently the heads of foreign archaeological missions in the Sultanate were told that archaeological work in Oman dates back to 1952 when a US mission launched excavation under the supervision of Dr Wendell Phillips in the north and south of Oman like Al Baleed, Khor Rori, Al Mughsail and Sohar.
Since the dawn of the Renaissance in July 1970, the government of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos gave the cultural heritage of Oman exceptional attention.
In 1973, the first mission from the University of Harvard conducted a survey in Al Dakhiliyah, Al Sharqiyah and Al Batinah regions which resulted in the discovery of several settlements dating back to the third millennium BC.
In 1974, Dr Beatrice de Cardi discovered some sites extending from Izki to Ibri. The discoveries peaked during the eighties and nineties, and recently the level of collaboration with foreign archaeological missions doubled in size to reach more than 12 scientific and academic institutions from around the world.
The Ministry of Heritage and Culture focuses in all its plans to achieve the objectives aimed at preserving the historical and archaeological sites and to highlight its cultural value.
Within four decades, the year 1994 emerged as the Year of Omani Heritage when the Ministry of Heritage and Culture devoted its efforts to understand specifically the cultural heritage of Oman and harnessed abilities to serve the nation and citizens.
The ministry is keen on introducing Oman’s cultural heritage on regional and global levels believing on the policy of serious scientific dialogue and cultural exchanges with other countries. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Ministry of Heritage and Culture is exerting efforts to achieve qualitative investment in cultural sites, through the implementation of construction projects so as to qualify these sites to assume importance as cultural and economic resources of civilisation.
Source: Oman Daily Observer [May 19, 2011]
Also, 2,660 historical and archaeological landmarks and 26,693 pieces of artefacts have also been discovered. The ministry, since its inception in 1976, is overseeing these sites.
At the opening of a symposium held here recently the heads of foreign archaeological missions in the Sultanate were told that archaeological work in Oman dates back to 1952 when a US mission launched excavation under the supervision of Dr Wendell Phillips in the north and south of Oman like Al Baleed, Khor Rori, Al Mughsail and Sohar.
Since the dawn of the Renaissance in July 1970, the government of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos gave the cultural heritage of Oman exceptional attention.
In 1973, the first mission from the University of Harvard conducted a survey in Al Dakhiliyah, Al Sharqiyah and Al Batinah regions which resulted in the discovery of several settlements dating back to the third millennium BC.
In 1974, Dr Beatrice de Cardi discovered some sites extending from Izki to Ibri. The discoveries peaked during the eighties and nineties, and recently the level of collaboration with foreign archaeological missions doubled in size to reach more than 12 scientific and academic institutions from around the world.
The Ministry of Heritage and Culture focuses in all its plans to achieve the objectives aimed at preserving the historical and archaeological sites and to highlight its cultural value.
Within four decades, the year 1994 emerged as the Year of Omani Heritage when the Ministry of Heritage and Culture devoted its efforts to understand specifically the cultural heritage of Oman and harnessed abilities to serve the nation and citizens.
The ministry is keen on introducing Oman’s cultural heritage on regional and global levels believing on the policy of serious scientific dialogue and cultural exchanges with other countries. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Ministry of Heritage and Culture is exerting efforts to achieve qualitative investment in cultural sites, through the implementation of construction projects so as to qualify these sites to assume importance as cultural and economic resources of civilisation.
Source: Oman Daily Observer [May 19, 2011]