The city is thought to have reached its zenith in the sixth century, but it was struck by disaster and subsequently lost to history.
A lost ancient city famed for its pearls may have finally been identified by archaeologists.A team of researchers working on Siniyah Island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has uncovered a collection of ancient residential buildings that they believe once formed part of the city of Tu'am, the Umm al-Quwain Department of Tourism and Archaeology said.The settlement is documented in historical sources, but it has never been definitively identified.
But the city is thought to have fallen into decline, largely thanks to regional tensions, as well as a bubonic plague epidemic that devastated the Near East, the Mediterranean region and other parts of Europe in the sixth century.The city eventually faded from memory. But the recent discovery of the tightly packed ancient residential units on Siniyah Island may be evidence of the lost settlement.
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