7,500 years aged pearl found in the UAE

The oldest pearl that goes back to over 7,500 years right up to the Neolithic Age, was found recently in the UAE .

The gem specialists believed that the oldest pearl that was known went back to 3000 BC and was found at an antiquity site in Japan. The centre added that the pearl, which was discovered lately in the Umm Al Quwain emirate of the UAE, was found to be of 5500 BC time after it was tested by Carbon 14.

According to the Center, the pearl is the oldest known in the Arabian Peninsula and across the world.

This newly discovered pearl along with the others indicate that this region witnessed the oldest clan hunting activity in the world for the value of pearls aesthetically and for special rituals.

This path breaking discovery shows the importance of pearls in old societies of the Arab Gulf and the northern part of the Indian Ocean.