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🏛️ Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years

Archaeology & Antiquity United Arab Emirates Asia

🏛️ Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years
Neolithic settlement ruins in the Arabian Peninsula


🕐 1 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 17:26
📋 Fast Facts
  • Age: approximately 8,500 years old
  • Location: United Arab Emirates
  • Significance: oldest known buildings in the country
  • Period: Neolithic era

Archaeologists working in the United Arab Emirates have uncovered structural remains representing the country's oldest known buildings, dated to approximately 8,500 years before present. These discoveries predate the previous archaeological record by more than 500 years, fundamentally extending understanding of human settlement in the Arabian Peninsula during the Neolithic period ...

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