Kuwait has rich, deep civilization: Researchers
KUWAIT: Two Kuwaiti researchers lectured Monday about discoveries of relics in Kuwait, and affirmed that Kuwait has “rich and deep” civilization. Dr Sultan AlDuweesh, director of antiquities and museums at the National Council for Culture, Art and Letters (NCCAL), gave a lecture about ancient writings in the land of Kuwait. Dr Hamed Al-Mutairi, director of surveillance and excavation at NCCAL, talked about results of excavation of the Gulf mission.
The ancient writings are one of the major discoveries in Kuwait, Al-Duweesh said following the lecture. Excavations in Kuwait discovered four major writings: Sumerian, Aramaic, Old Arabic and Greek, he said. “There is no doubt that the land of Kuwait is rich with different antiquities which began from the stone age and the bronze age as well as other historic ages,” added Duweesh. The most ancient writings were the Sumerian of the Dilmun civilization, and discovered in Failaka Island, he said. “We have found 20 Sumerian documents in Failaka, all talking about importance of Dilmun and the big trade relations between Dilmun and old Iraq,” he said. Some of these documents also described the area of Dilmun.
Meanwhile, Mutairi said discoveries of antiquities in Kuwait were evidence on existence of population, social and economic activities in ancient times. He talked about discoveries made at Saeeda Village in Failaka Island, like pottery ovens, weights of fishing nets, bones of animals and fish, and glassy bracelets. Mutairi said a mosque of Saeeda Village was discovered in 2001. This mosque, he said, consisted of two corridors and a yard. It is surrounded by a number of rooms. This is one of the oldest mosques discovered in Kuwait, he said.