{"id":663,"date":"2019-10-21T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T09:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=17769"},"modified":"2019-10-21T13:39:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T09:39:02","slug":"oldest-pearl-abudhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/oldest-pearl-abudhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Oldest Pearl Has Been Discovered On An Island Off Of Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pearl was recently discovered in Abu Dhabi&#8217;s Marawah Island, dating all the way back to 5,800 to 5,600 BC.<\/p>\n<p>History continues to be discovered in our neighbouring Emirate&#8217;s island that was once the ground where a Stone Age village once sat. The gemstone is believed to be 8,000-years old and was found on the Marawah Island, just off the coast of Mirfa town, a good 170-kilometre drive west of Abu Dhabi city.<\/p>\n<h2>Archaeologists say this could be evidence that pearl trades existed earlier than what was originally thought<\/h2>\n<p>The oldest known natural pearl in the world was discovered by DCT archaeologists who had been working at a Neolithic site on the Marawah Island.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credits: Department of Culture and Tourism &#8211; Abu Dhabi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The oldest known natural pearl in the world has been discovered by DCT archaeologists working at a Neolithic site on Marawah Island. The 8,000-year-old \u2018Abu Dhabi Pearl\u2019 will feature in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouvreAbuDhabi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@louvreabudhabi<\/a> exhibition 10,000 Years of Luxury <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kd3jHHCVCT\">pic.twitter.com\/Kd3jHHCVCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Department of Culture and Tourism &#8211; Abu Dhabi (@dctabudhabi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dctabudhabi\/status\/1185918866549071873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The &#8216;Abu Dhabi Pearl&#8217; will be added to the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum&#8217;s upcoming exhibition<\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;called &#8216;10,000 Years Of Luxury.&#8217; The exhibition will open on October 30, in case you&#8217;re interested in seeing the pearl up-close-and-personal. Following its display, the stunning pearl will then be transferred to the Zayed National Museum, that is currently under construction on Saadiyat Island.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>The pearl&#8217;s discovery (and age) shows that Neolithic nomads didn&#8217;t just know how to navigate, find food but also make jewellery and create art<\/h2>\n<p>Archaeologists from the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi used carbon dating to determine the era that the pearl came from.<\/p>\n<p>This is incredible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pearl was recently discovered in Abu Dhabi&#8217;s Marawah Island, dating all the way back to 5,800 to 5,600 BC. History continues to be discovered in our neighbouring Emirate&#8217;s island that was once the ground where a Stone Age village once sat. 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