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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Archaeologists Uncovering Medieval City in Ras al-Khaimah

Archaeologists working in Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE are finding evidence of a medieval city of up to 70,000 people on the site of Julfar,the old trading port that preceded the modern town, according to this piece in The National. [Link is now fixed.]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have an extra w in the www at the start of that link. Should be http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/ancient-city-of-70-000-uncovered-in-rak

Michael Collins Dunn said...

Thanks. Fixed.