{"id":276332,"date":"2021-11-07T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/?p=276332"},"modified":"2021-12-12T09:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T22:58:35","slug":"commemorative-stamps-for-the-saruq-al-hadid-archaeological-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d8%aa%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d9%82%d8%b9-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ab\/","title":{"rendered":"Commemorative stamps for the Saruq Al Hadid archaeological site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emirates Post Group, in cooperation with Dubai Municipality, issued three commemorative stamps for the Saruq Al Hadid archaeological site in the Emirate of Dubai, which is considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

Emirates Post Group explained via Twitter that the three stamps bear images of three of the most prominent artifacts discovered at the site: a \u201cgold ring\u201d, a \u201dgold crown model\u201d, and a \u201dpottery storage jar\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Abdullah Mohammed Al Ashram, CEO of Emirates Post Group, said, \u201cThese stamps are in line with our commitment to highlighting the distinguished historical and cultural landmarks of the United Arab Emirates. Through issuing special postage stamps for Saruq Al Hadid, we seek to raise awareness of the importance of this archaeological site, which was discovered in 2002.\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOur goal is to highlight this site as a unique archaeological discovery that was used from the beginning of the Iron Age as a major center for smelting copper and manufacturing various tools and utensils in the region. Archaeologists have confirmed finding evidence proving human activity at the site dating back more than five thousand years, which constitutes a qualitative addition to the rich civilizational, cultural and historical heritage of the region.\u201d He emphasized that Emirates Post Group will continue its initiatives aimed at harnessing commemorative postal issues as tools to document the country\u2019s civilizational and archaeological landmarks, and to immortalize and preserve the heritage of our ancestors for future generations.<\/p>\n

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Emirates Post Group, in collaboration with Dubai Municipality, issued three commemorative stamps for the Saruq Al Hadid archaeological site in Dubai, one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the United Arab Emirates. Emirates Post Group explained via Twitter that the three stamps feature images of three of the most prominent artifacts unearthed at the site: a gold ring, a crown model\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[352,482],"class_list":["post-276332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philately","tag-352","tag-482"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}