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

Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	Burial mound at the site of Al-Ayn, with the Hajar Mountains in the background
Location	Al Dhahira region, Oman
Includes	Bāt (بَات); Al-Khuṭm (ٱلْخُطْم); Al-ʿAyn (ٱلْعَيْن);
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	434
Inscription	1988 (12th Session)
Coordinates	23°16′11.5″N 56°44′42″E / 23.269861°N 56.74500°E
	Location in Oman Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Middle East) Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (West and Central Asia)

The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn^[1] (Arabic: ٱلْمَوَاقِع ٱلْأَثَرِيَّة فِيْ بَات وَٱلْخُطْم وَٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Al-Mawāqiʿ al-Athariyyah fī Bāt wal-Khuṭm wal-ʿAyn) are a group of beehive tombs or necropolis from the Hafit period in the 3rd Millennium BC, located near a palm grove in Oman. They were declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1988, becoming only the second such Omani site after the Bahla Fort was designated world heritage in 1987.^[2]

^ Christopher P. Thornton; Charlotte M. Cable; Gregory L. Possehl (2016). The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman. University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. pp. i–vi. doi:10.2307/j.ctv2t4ct6.1. ISBN 978-1-9345-3607-0.
^ "Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[Thornton_al2006-1] Christopher P. Thornton; Charlotte M. Cable; Gregory L. Possehl (2016). The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman. University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. pp. i–vi. doi:10.2307/j.ctv2t4ct6.1. ISBN 978-1-9345-3607-0.

[UNESCO_main-2] "Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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