Uqdat al-Bakrah. An early Iron Age metal-working atelier just inside the empty quarter in Oman
The discovery of ?Uqdat al-Bakrah, which at the time was erroneously labelled As-Safah, occurred by chance: at the end of March 2012, during an excursion in the desert, a small group of tourists composed by two Englishmen and an Ameri- can, had unexpectedly stumbled upon a place where dozens of ancient bronze objects emerged from the sands, most of them in very good conservation conditions. The discoverers immediately warned the authorities, and Maurizio Tosi († 24.02.2017) was promptly informed of the discovery.