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A large settlement dating back more than 4,000 years has been discovered in , according to state media.��

The was made during an archaeological excavation in the Wilayat of Rustaq, Al-Batinah, specifically in the Tehka area on the outskirts of the Hajar ,��Oman��News Agency (ONA) .

The excavation shows the site was inhabited for the first time in the third millennium��BC, during the , as increased effort has been made to learn more about the ancient period and how Omani society progressed during it.

"Archaeological excavations...��reveal a large and sophisticated settlement that... includes a large number of huge buildings and burial��sites," ONA wrote, stating the site represents "one of the settlements of the Umm Al Nar culture, which witnessed great and wide prosperity in the Sultanate of Oman".

أعمال التنقيب الأثري في ولاية الرستاق تكشف عن مستوطنة كبيرة ومتطورة يعود عمرها لأكثر من أربعة آلاف سنة مضت، وتضم عددًا كبيرًا من المباني الضخمة والمدافن.

— وكالة الأنباء العمانية (@OmanNewsAgency)

The excavation was completed by the joint archaeological mission between��Sultan Qaboos University��and the University of Pisa,��under the supervision of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism.

The new finding comes after archaeologists made another ��earlier this month - a 4,000 year-old board game in the country, found close to Ayn Bani Saidah village.