Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to
windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or …

ABSTRACT A number of graffiti of ships are to be found engraved into the plaster of the
Gereza (Old Fort) of Stone Town on Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago …

The first archaeological surveys and excavations in the state of Qatar were carried out by
Moesgaard Museum, Denmark, in 1956-1974. A volume on the Stone Age sites was …

The discovery of historical graffiti in the Torre de Rame, a 17th-century watchtower built in
Los Alcázares (Region of Murcia, Spain), has led to the study of a valuable and large set of …

Indigenous, or Khaliji, art from the Arabian and Persian shores of the pre-modern Gulf offers
evidence of extinct types of watercraft, in particular the kalbā (gallivat) and the dāw (dhow) …

Over the past sixty years petroglyphs found across the jebels of Qatar have been subject to
significant discussion and debate. Since the middle of the last century, research has isolated …

Although Saudi Arabia encompasses an overwhelming landmass of the Peninsula itself,
only the mountainous and hilly regions contain rock art, excluding the Eastern province (see …

The low limestone hills of Jebel al-Jassasiya, centrally located overlooking a natural bay on
Qatar's northeastern coast, are dotted with c. 900 petroglyphs, at least 141 of which are …