ام الماء | |
Location | Northwest Qatar |
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Coordinates | 25°49′03″N 50°59′26″E / 25.817443°N 50.990465°E |
Type | Settlement |
Area | At least 600 km2 |
History | |
Periods | Bronze Age (c. 3,000 BC) |
Cultures | Unknown, possibly Dilmun |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1957 1970s 1988–1991 |
Archaeologists | Geoffrey Bibby & Peter Glob Beatrice de Cardi Masatoshi A Konishi, Takeshi Gotoh & Yoshihiko Akashi |
Umm Al Maa (Arabic: ام الماء, romanized: ‘Umm al-Mā’) is an archaeological site in northwest Qatar located in the municipality of Al Khor, near the border with Al Shamal.[1] It is most notable for its ancient cemetery, which is thought to date to the Bronze Age.