Tuesday, May 13, at 17.00, will take place at the Collection of Plaster Casts and Antiquities the opening of the exhibition entitled "The seals of Al Tikha", curated by Chiara Tarantino, Emanuele Taccola, Sara Pizzimenti.
The exhibition is realized in collaboration with laboratories MARSIA and LaDiRe of the department of Civilization and forms of knowledge, with the support of GiArA, Multimedia Center Cidic, Unit web projects, social network and promotion of the University, Web editorial of the department of Civilization and forms of knowledge, and with the patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism of Oman, Sultan Qaboos University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Municipality of Pisa.
The exhibition will be on display until Saturday, 19 July.
OPENING HOURS:
Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 - 13:00 / 15:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 15:00 - 19:00
Sunday and Monday: closed
THE EXHIBITION
Since 2021, the University of Pisa and the Sultan Qaboos University are conducting archaeological research at Al Tikha, in the city of Rustaq (Governorate of Al Batinah). The project, supervised by the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism of Oman, is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Universities of Pisa and Sultan Qaboos.
The excavation revealed a settlement of 70 hectares from the Umm an Nar period (ca. 2700-2000 BC), with its urban, productive areas and necropolis.
The exhibition displays local and imported pottery, characteristic stone vessels (softstone vessels), beads, Umm an Nar seals and iron age (I mill. a.C.).
Al Tikha occupies an alluvial terrace along the seasonal rivers Wadi Fara' and Wadi al-Ghashab. In the southern part of the site stands the settlement, where an administrative building and a ritual have been investigated. In the north, research has identified a copper processing area and two towers. The site continues to live during the Iron Age, as evidenced by the remains of an elliptical structure and the reuse of a tomb Umm an Nar. Over the centuries, the area has undergone many transformations, starting with the development of an Islamic cemetery with thousands of tombs, which still characterizes the landscape of Al Tikha today.
