Muscat, H E Alawi receives US delegation
MUSCAT - The Salut excavation programme which started in 2004 under the supervision of the Office of His Majesty the Sultan’s Advisor for Cultural Affairs in cooperation with the Italian Mission to Oman from University of Pisa, recently made some new excavations.
It revealed the presence of a necropolis [cemetery], from which some 30 graves that were excavated, all robbed in antiquity. Part of the necropolis was established on top of buried older structures.
“Some graves contain luxurious materials, such as bronze drinking sets of which the most astonishing element is a bowl to which a shaped spout was applied. Three horse-protome spouts have been so far discovered, plus another one with a hybrid human/animal representation,” said Professor Alessandra Avanzini, head of the Italian Mission to Oman (IMTO), overseeing the excavation project.
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