Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn

Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn are archaeological sites in the interior of north-western Oman, together a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988. They preserve one of the most complete groups of settlements and necropolises of the 3rd millennium BCE, including round stone towers and beehive tombs of the Hafit and Umm an-Nar periods. They lie in the land the Mesopotamians called Magan.