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Muscat: A team of Swiss and Omani archaeologists have discovered a large number of ancient articles in the Al Wusta [Central] Region that experts believe have come from the Stone Age.
"We are optimistic that the items discovered in the Al Haqf desert [in central Oman] are related to the Stone Age," Hassan Bin Mohammad Ali Al Lawati, Director-General of Archaeology and Museums at the Ministry of Heritage and Culture told Gulf News yesterday. He hopes that the new finds would help archaeologists discover more details about human life in the Pleistocene Age in the south. "Relations between this community and others in the Middle East and Africa could also be revealed," he said.
The Director-General added that these discoveries were part of the efforts made by the ministry in collaboration with an archaeological team from Basel University in Switzerland.
The team is conducting surveys in the desert as part of a five-year project that started last year. The work will be carried out in three stages; surveys, search, and excavation.
Al Lawati revealed that the archaeological survey had yielded discovery of 791 items. "These discoveries will help us study the history of Al Haqf desert," he explained. The senior archaeology department official also said that most of the items found in Al Haqf desert were stone tools, used for fishing purposes.
He also mentioned that the ministry had reached an understanding with the Mining Museum of Germany to repair the ancient graves at Bat.
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