O Qatar 365 limpa o pó dos sítios arqueológicos do país, à procura de tesouros em terra e no mar

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O Qatar 365 limpa o pó dos sítios arqueológicos do país, à procura de tesouros em terra e no mar  De mundos esquecidos debaixo da areia a tesouros no mar, o Qatar 365 investiga o passado do Catar. Laila Humairah visita o sítio arqueológico de Ain Mohamed para encontrar vestígios do início do período islâmico.  Em parceria com Media City  LEIA MAIS : http://pt.euronews.com/2025/07/09/o-qatar-365-limpa-o-po-dos-sitios-arqueologicos-do-pais-a-procura-de-tesouros-em-terra-e-n  Subscreva, euronews está disponível em 12 línguas.

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00:00Olá e bem-vindo a Qatar365 com a Laila Humaira.

00:28On this episode, we take a look at how the country is preserving both archaeological sites

00:33and its intangible cultural heritage.

00:36Let's first start here at the northern tip of Qatar in a village called Ain Mohamed.

00:42As I found out, it's one of a few dozen historical sites

00:45where researchers are conducting excavations to dig into the history of the early Islamic period.

00:51In the study of human history, nothing comes quite close to the thrill of discovering an ancient site.

01:00Dr. Robert Qatar is leading the research at Ain Mohamed excavation site.

01:05What he and his team have found tells a fascinating story about the area in Qatar's history.

01:11Well, there were definitely people living here, so they were not only undertaking production activities,

01:17they were also living around the factory as well, because we have their food remains in little hearths, you know, cooking places.

01:24In fact, we have evidence from the site that they were growing crops.

01:27So we have a settled population, and they're farming, and they're making textiles.

01:32And they're in Qatar.

01:33In the last 15 years, Ain Mohamed has been one of more than 30 sites identified by Qatar Museum's archaeologists,

01:40giving a glimpse of how life was like in the 19th century.

01:44But more recent findings have indicated that these sites existed way before then,

01:49between the 7th and the 9th century,

01:51which was also the time period that witnessed the birth of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.

01:57Qatar Museums launched the Landscapes of Faith Project

02:00to trace the intersection of when Christianity and Islam first overlapped.

02:05So far, we haven't found any good evidence either way

02:08for whether the people at the sites that were excavating are Christian or Muslim.

02:13But what we have found is some very interesting facts about the activities they were performing,

02:18the lives that they were leading, and the connections they had with the outside world.

02:22After two excavation seasons, Dr. Carter and his team have collected a few pieces

02:27that make up the human history puzzle.

02:31We have a complete grinding stone, two halves of a rotary quern, we call it,

02:36still together in position, which is very unusual.

02:40We have several finds relating to textile production.

02:43We have spindle whorls, which are weights,

02:45and we have spindles, brass rods, which are used to spin.

02:49So we believe they were producing wool on this site.

02:52Here we've got a very nicely made basin with a nice lip,

02:55gypsum plaster, and a drainage hole going through into a pit on the other side.

03:00And the pits where these basins empty out tend to be filled with this ashy sediment,

03:07which is one of the reasons we believe that they were washing something,

03:10probably a fleece, in ashy water to clean it.

03:12Among the finds was also this, the skeletal remains of a small dog in one of the rooms.

03:19While it's yet to be dated, it could indicate domestication of pets,

03:23or perhaps the owning of sheepdogs.

03:26Every year, the museum holds an open day.

03:29It's a chance for the public to experience, explore, and learn about the excavation site.

03:34We have a group of people that can excavate with us,

03:38they can sieve the finds and the spoil that we find,

03:42they can wash pottery, they can take some photography.

03:46So it's a very hands-on day.

03:49Connecting with archaeology provides you a senscribed entity

03:52and connects Qatar to the rest of the world.

03:55Angie Altam grew up watching Indiana Jones movies,

03:58so signing up to such an opportunity was a no-brainer.

04:01It was my first time here, and yeah, I found it fascinating,

04:06just digging, finding, and all these.

04:09And there is a very ancient and vibrant history in Qatar.

04:13Beginner's luck was on her side,

04:15as Angie found a piece of broken pottery

04:17that looks like what the archaeologists are looking for.

04:21The team thinks they've only scratched the surface at Ain Mohamed

04:24and are hopeful that future digs will bring them more artefacts

04:28to help solve the mystery of Qatar's earliest dwellers.

04:38Preserving ancient sites is one important aspect

04:41of making sure past civilisations don't get lost through the ages,

04:46but so is spreading the knowledge to future generations.

04:50I'm here at Meshareb Museums in the heart of Doha

04:53to meet General Manager Abdullah Al-Nama,

04:56who gives us an insight to the museum's role

04:59in keeping Qatar's heritage alive.

05:04Mr. Abdullah, thank you so much for having us here today.

05:07I wanted to start first with where we are.

05:11This is the Mohamed bin Jassim House.

05:13What is the historical and cultural significance of this building?

05:17Mohamed bin Jassim is one of our four museums here,

05:21Meshareb Museums.

05:22Mohamed bin Jassim is very significant to the downtown Meshareb.

05:26It covers the history of Meshareb as an area,

05:29plus it explains the seven steps that the new architecture language

05:34that the city was built upon, how they established.

05:38And it's also a testimonial of the education

05:42that here in downtown Meshareb properties

05:44were trying to spread the knowledge

05:46of building a smart and sustainable city

05:49to the younger generation.

05:50And there are a few other historical houses

05:53that make up Meshareb Museums.

05:55Can you tell us more about those buildings?

05:57We have, as well, Bait bin Julmuth,

06:00which is the first and only museum in the world

06:03that talks about the story of slavery in the Indian Ocean world.

06:06And also we have the Company House,

06:08which is a museum that focuses on the Katori pioneer

06:11who were working in the oil industry.

06:13The fourth museum is Ravwani House.

06:16Ravwani House is a prototype

06:17of the old Katori houses,

06:20pre-oil and post-oil.

06:21The four museums, the four stories,

06:23actually it's a social and economical study

06:26of the history of Qatar

06:28the past 100, 120 years.

06:30So what are the ongoing outreach programs

06:34that you have at the museum right now?

06:37When Meshare museums,

06:38maybe it's not your traditional kind of museum.

06:41You focus a lot on the narrative.

06:42It's a narrative storytelling museum,

06:45more than artifact-based museum.

06:47For example, we have a bimonthly,

06:51very active program,

06:52which is the Science Cafe

06:54in collaboration with Cedra, for example.

06:56We have a research program

06:57with Hamad bin Khalifa University.

06:59So we try to diverse our offering

07:03because lots of initiatives happening here in Qatar.

07:06And finally, how do you see Meshare museums

07:08continuing to stay relevant

07:10as the world modernizes?

07:12I think it's very important,

07:15especially through programming,

07:17to be relevant within the community.

07:20As long as the programs and the initiatives

07:22that we keep organizing

07:24are part of what interests people,

07:28I think this will make museums relevant

07:30to the evolving and changing communities.

07:34At the end of the day,

07:35our role is not only to showcase history,

07:39but also to be part of history.

07:42From forgotten worlds under Qatar's sands

07:48to treasure troughs in its coastal waters,

07:50Joanna Hoos gets her hands and feet wet

07:52at the Al-Zubara archaeological site

07:54to explore Qatari history

07:57submerged in the Arabian Gulf.

07:59At first glance, this beach on Qatar's north-western coast

08:04might not seem all that remarkable.

08:06But dig a little deeper,

08:07literally and figuratively,

08:09and hidden under the glistening waters,

08:11you will find traces of a bygone era,

08:13remnants of the ancient coastal town of Al-Zubara,

08:16a settlement that was once

08:18was at the heart of Qatar's pearl trade.

08:37Today's dive in Al-Zubara's past

08:39is organized by Qatar Museums and UNESCO

08:42in collaboration with Seashore

08:44and the Poseidon Dive Center.

08:45The open day offers curious minds

08:48from Qatar's diving community

08:49a rare chance to get hands-on

08:52and learn how to uncover, document,

08:54and preserve the country's

08:55underwater cultural heritage.

08:57Today we have a free day

09:00about the research on the Al-Zubara site,

09:02but with the research on the importance of the sea

09:04and the nature of the sea to this city

09:07in the recent recent period.

09:09The ethical sense that we're talking about

09:11in the marine sites

09:13is essentially the images,

09:15are created on the forest,

09:16the sand and the sand

09:17which will form as well

09:19as the sand or the sand.

09:22This equipment is previously

09:23a work of development.

09:24This work of development

09:25is by the early support

09:26and the protection of the lake

09:28that was applied for the conservation

09:30as well as the conservation of the village.

09:31Today they have been to

09:31the treatment of what they found

09:32and what they learned

09:33by the復旁 Woo-Kin believe

09:34in the work of the temple.

09:37By making this event,

09:38e isso é realmente um dos nossos colaboradores com o Katar, com o Katar Museums.

09:48Nós promovemos e encorajamos não só os estados, mas também o público e todas as comunidades

09:54ao Zubara para proteger a marina e cultural, a underwater cultural heritage.

10:00O Zubara foi primeiro identificado como um arqueológico em 1950 e recebeu Unesco

10:06em 2013. É o site do mundo maior do mundo, mas apenas um pequeno parte da cidade foi

10:12excavada, deixando bastante para desistir ou desistir na terra, e aqui na terra.

10:36Então, esse site foi inscrito no Unesco World Heritage Site em 2013, e desde que a inscrição

10:40não se tornou um site de Katari, não se tornou um site importante para a humanidade.

10:44Então, esse site foi inscrito no Unesco World Heritage Site em 2013, e desde que a inscrição

10:53não se tornou um site de Katari, não se tornou um site importante para a humanidade.

10:59Isso tem um grande valor para a humanidade. Então, não se tornou um Katari, não se tornou um

11:04para o mundo todo. É importante para o mundo todo.

11:07Uofa dedicou-se a carreira para conservar uma cultura cultural heritage.

11:13Mas ela diz que diga-se o passado não é apenas para preservar a história.

11:17É para entender o comportamento humano, e os valores que o passado podem nos ensinar para o futuro.

11:23Uncovering secrets of the past and preserving treasures from ancient civilisations are the

11:34strongest reminders that as Qatar modernises, its commitment to staying true to its roots

11:39is as unwavering as the artefacts that have survived hundreds of years.

11:44We hope you've enjoyed this episode, but that's all the time we have for now.

11:48For more, check out Euronews.com and connect with us through our hashtag.

11:51Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time on Qatar365.

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