Al-Rakah Antiquities
آثار الراكة | |
| Location | Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
Al-Rakah Antiquities are a collection of remains of buildings, gold face mask, gold chains and some pottery pieces, its may belong to the 4th millennium BC.[1] Its located in Al-Rakah in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.[2] Some researcher indicated that there is many Antiquities in the same area that belong to the Hellenistic Period, and Sasanian period.[1]
Al-Rakah
[edit]Al-Rakah located in the north of Al-Khobar city. John Gordon Lorimer wrote about it in his book Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia: "A well located on the coast one mile northwest of Al-Husayn Castle".[3]
Description
[edit]The city was underground, they excavation the area and discover 20 house and many wells.[4] The lower layer of the houses was covered with 10 cm of sand, topped with a layer of compost.[4] The house consist of four bedrooms one of them for only making date molasses, this explains that the area was full of palm trees.[4] They discover in the same place some pottery pieces and ceramic pieces, glass, soapstone and some of coins from the first and second Hijri century (Sadr Al-Islam, the Umayyad period and the beginning of the Abbasid era).[4]
The house has an external courtyard which include many ovens. Each group of houses has a well, while the depth of the well is two meters. Also, the well is connects with a basin. Then the water serve the northern side and southeast .
References
[edit]- ^ a b الدمام, احمد العدواني- (2010-02-06). "صورة التقطت امس وهي توضح غياب العاملين في الموقع". alyaum (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "اكتشاف مدينة تاريخية "شمال الراكة"". جريدة الرياض (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ The Geographical Encyclopedia for the Eastern Countries of Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Karim al-Obaid, Vol. 1, I 1, 1413 AH / 1993 AD, Eastern Literary Club of the Region, pp. 379-350.
- ^ a b c d "اكتشاف قرية تاريخية عمرها 1300 عام في الدمام". جريدة الرياض (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-03.