Sitting at the foot of Jebel Hafeet, the country’s second highest mountain, are a series of dome shaped tombs first built in an early period of prehistory, namely the Bronze Age. These are understood to have been established over a 500 year span between 3,200 and 2,700 BC, the most prominent of which are found along the eastern ridge. Other tombs are located northward.

Also known as the Mezyad graves, they a mark a time in history referred to as the Hafeet period. The burial chambers in this respect, represent one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Al Ain region, hence a place of outstanding universal value.

There have been archaeological finds at the site, such as Mesopotamian pottery, beads, spearheads, and daggers as well as other objects reflecting wider trade links with the Indus Valley and Persia. In this regard, the tombs were also used in later eras, and throughout the Iron Age, between 1,300 and 300 BC.

Jebel Hafeet tombs remain a place of interest for those who wish to explore early civilisation and the environment that surrounded these people, under the gaze of the mountain.