Under the patronage of His . Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, Sharjah Museums Department will be opening the exhibition showcasing archaeological exploration at Al Buhais 18 in Sharjah Archaeology Museum, on Sunday 16th of March.
This exhibition contains archaeological finds which reflect the life of people 7000 years ago.

Nasser Bin Hashem, trainee curator of Sharjah Archaeology Museum said that the exhibition displays the finds of the oldest graveyard in the south east side of the Arab peninsula and added that the excavation works in Al Buhais graveyard were done by a team of researchers led by Dr. Sabah Jassem, Director of the Sharjah Directorate of Antiquities in collaboration with Tuebingen University in Germany. The excavation works started in 1995 and ended by 2005 where more than 100 graveyards of different historical periods were found, starting from the stone age till 200 B.C.
Carbon-dating proved that the first visit of the site took place in 5200 B.C and the land was used to bury the dead between 4800 B.C and 4000 B.C. This graveyard gives researchers a good idea about social structure, rituals and the kinds of food consumed at the Stone Age era.

Those graveyards of Al Buhais gave archaeologists a better idea, through studies and researches, about the prehistoric residents of the area, their life and their coping with the hardships at the edges of the Arabic Desert. So little was known about this era before Al Buhais excavation, added Hashem.
The exhibition introduces valuable historical information including samples of the human skeletons and the distinct burial rituals in addition to some finds used for decoration like necklaces. It also sheds light on the animals of that period like wild camels and Oxen.

Hashem said that the finds show that people of Al Buhais used to visit the area in certain seasons to put their herds at rest, and when one of the residents died abroad, they used to take him/her to be buried in the same graveyard with their ancestors.