Al Sufouh Archaeological Site, Bronze Age archaeological site in Al Sufouh, United Arab Emirates

Al Sufouh is an archaeological site containing the remains of a circular burial structure from the Bronze Age. The monument measures roughly 6.5 meters across and is divided into separate chambers where pottery, bronze objects, and other items were found.

The burial structure dates to between 2500 and 2000 BCE and belongs to the Umm Al-Nar culture. Excavations in the 1990s revealed the monument and provided information about this early population in the region.

The site shows how Bronze Age people honored their dead and valued certain objects enough to bury them together. The pottery and beads found here offer insight into what mattered to this ancient community.

The site lies in Al Sufouh, Dubai, and is owned and managed by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority. The excavated tomb is one element of scattered surface scatters of burnt ash, shell, pottery and bone, so expect no marked trail or visitor facilities; the ground is open desert. Check access arrangements with the authority before travelling, and avoid the midday heat.

Two doorways sit on opposite points of the ring wall, on a NE/SW alignment, because the internal NW/SE dividing wall left the two halves of the tomb with no way through. Each half held three chambers, and the closest structural parallels are the tombs at Hili Archaeological Park in the Al Ain oasis and on Umm Al-Nar Island.