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Project description for the Oman Archaeology Network proposed by the Oman Studies Center. Its aim is to bring together archaeologists with a special interest in Oman.

The ruins of the immense fort, with its walls and towers of unbaked brick and its stone foundations, is a remarkable example of this type of fortification and attests to the power of the Banu Nebhan.

NOVA story of the discovery of Shisur.

Oman's early settlers were Neolithic pastoralists and seafaring people who worked trade routes from Mesopotamia to the Indus Valley.

Southern Oman yields ruins of an ancient city on the fabled frankincense route.

Oman sites added to the World Heritage Site list.

Information about a research project from the German Institute of Archaeology, to investigate early oasis settlements in the Al Hajar massif.